CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDSLURRYTRANSPORTATIONPIPINGSYSTEMSASMEB31.11-2002(RevisionofASMEB31.11-1989)ASMECODEFORPRESSUREPIPING,B31CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwDateofIssuance:May30,2003MandatoryDate:November28,2003ThenexteditionofthisStandardisscheduledforpublicationin2007.Therewillbenoaddendaissuedtothisedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.InterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://www.asme.org/codes/astheyareissued.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB31CommitteewillbepublishedasCases.WhiletheseCasesdonotconstituteformalrevisionsoftheCode,theymaybeusedinspecifications,orotherwise,asrepresentingconsideredopinionsoftheCommittee.TheCasesarenotpartoftheCodeandarepublishedseparately.TheuseroftheCodewillnotethatmetricequivalentsofU.S.CustomaryunitsappearinmanyplacesinthisCode.ThevaluesstatedinU.S.Customaryunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard,unlessotherwiseagreedbetweenthecontractingparties.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalid...
