ASME_B36.10M-2004

ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDWeldedandSeamlessWroughtSteelPipeASMEB36.10M-2004(RevisionofASMEB36.10M-2000)--```,```,`,,,,,`,`,``,,,``,`,,-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDWELDEDANDSEAMLESSWROUGHTSTEELPIPEASMEB36.10M-2004(RevisionofASMEB36.10M-2000)--```,```,`,,,,,`,`,``,,,``,`,,-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---DateofIssuance:October25,2004ThisStandardwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.TherewillbenoaddendaorwritteninterpretationsoftherequirementsofthisStandardissuedtothisedition.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkoftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheConsensusCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot‘‘approve,’’‘‘rate,’’or‘‘endorse’’anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringementofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumeanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatthedeterminationofthevalidityofanysuchpatentrights,andtheriskofinfringementofsuchrights,isentirelytheirownresponsibility.Participationbyfederalagencyrepresentative(s)orperson(s)affiliatedwithindustryisnottobeinterpretedasgovernmentorindustryendorsementofthiscodeorstandard.ASMEacceptsresponsibilityforonlythoseinterpretationsofthisdocumentissuedinaccordancewiththeestablishedASMEproceduresandpolicies,whichprecludestheissuanceofinterpretationsbyindividuals.Nopartofthisdocumentmaybereproducedinanyform,inanelectronicretrievalsystemorotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.TheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineersThreeParkAvenue,NewYork,NY10016-5990Copyright©2004byTHEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSAllrightsreservedPrintedinU.S.A.--```,```,`,,,,,`,`,``,,,``,`,,-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---CONTENTSForeword..............................................................................ivCommitteeRoster.....................................................................vi1Scope.............................................................................12Size...............................................................................13Materials..........................................................................14WallThickness.....................................................................15Weights...........................................................................16PermissibleVariations..............................................................17PipeThreads.......................................................................18WallThicknessDesignations........................................................19WallThicknessSelection............................................................2Table1DimensionsandWeightsofWeldedandSeamlessWroughtSteelPipe...............3iii--```,```,`,,,,,`,`,``,,,``,`,,-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---FOREWORDInMarch1927,theAmericanStandardsAssociationauthorizedtheorganizationofaSectionalCommitteeonStandardizationofDimensionsandMaterialofWroughtSteelandWroughtIronPipeandTubingforthepurposeofunifyingthestandardsofthesecommoditiesinforceinthiscountry.TheAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterialsandTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineersweredesignatedassponsors,andthefirstmeetingoftheSectionalCommitteewasheldinPittsburgh,Pennsylvania,onMay18,1928.ThedimensionsofcommercialpipeingeneraluseintheUnitedStatesatthetimeconformedrathergenerallytothoserecommendedbytheASMECommitteeonStandardPipeandPipeThreadspublishedin1886(ASMETransactions,Vol.VIII,p.29).Onthesestandardsanenormousindustryhasbeenbuiltandthesatisfactoryuseofthisproductprovesthesoundnessoftheoriginaldesignandspecification.IncreasinglysevereservicedemandsatthetimeoftheCommittee’sorganizationhadbeenmetbyusingthenearestavailablepipeortubingforheaviersectionssuchascasing,mechanicaltubing,etc.,withresultinguneconomicalmultiplicityofwallthicknesses.Subsequently,theCommittee,withthecooperationoftheindustry,madeasurveyofexistingpracticeasthelogicalstartingpointforthedevelopmentofanAmericanStandard.Fromthissurvey,atablewasdesignedtoprovideaselectionofwallthicknessesofpipetocoverthepowerpipingrequirementsofindustrywherestrengthtoresistinternalpressuregovernsselectionandwaslaterexpandedtoincludepipediametersandthicknessesusedinotherindustries.TheoriginalintentoftheCommitteewastoestablishasystemofScheduleNumbersforpipesize/wallthicknesscombinationswhichwouldhaveanapproximatelyuniformrelationshipequalto1000timestheP/SexpressioncontainedinthemodifiedBarlowformulaforpipewallthicknessasdefinedintheAppendixtothisstandard.TheresultingNumbersdepartedsofarfromexistin