1、AN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDASME B31.8a-2000ADDENDAtoASME B31.8-1999GAS TRANSMISSIONANDDISTRIBUTIONPIPING SYSTEMSTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERSThree Park Avenue O New York,NY 10016Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by
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9、ownloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.ASME B31.8a-2000Following approval by the ASME B31 Committee and ASME,and after public review,ASME B31.8a-2000 was approved by the American National Standards Institute
10、 on December 13,2000.This is the first Addenda to be published to ASME B31.8-1999.It was issued on November 16,2001,andis effective upon date of issuance.Addenda to the 1999 Edition of ASME B31.8 are issued in the form of replacement pages.Revisions,additions,and deletions are incorporated directly
11、into the affected pages.It is advisable,however,that thispage,the Addenda title and copyright pages,and all replaced pages be retained for reference.SUMMARY OF CHANGESReplace or insert the pages listed.Changes given below are identified on the pages by a margin note,A00,placed next to the affected a
12、rea.Changes made in ASME B31.8-1999 are indicated by(99).The pages notlisted are the reverse sides of the listed pages and contain no changes.PageLocationChangeiiivContentsUpdated to reflect Addenda7805.217Revised8807Added10811.25Revised11817.11Revised23831.373First and second paragraphs revised3184
13、1.11(c)(1)Revised36841.231(g)Revised70,70.1850.43(a)Revised and redesignated from 850.43850.43(b)Added850.43(c)Added850.44Revised74,74.1851.9Added851.10Added851.11Redesignated from 851.976,76.1852.52Second paragraph added95,95.1A802.3Added96,96.1A803Definition of return interval revised(c)Copyrighte
14、d material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.PageLocationChangeA811RevisedA814.1Last paragraph added97,97.1A817AddedA817.1AddedA817.2AddedA817.3A
15、dded101,101.1Table A842.22Note(1)added115B850.1(c)(2)(b)Equation corrected by errata to read 0.4546183,184IndexUpdated to reflect AddendaSPECIAL NOTEThe interpretations to ASME B31.8 are included as a separate section for the users convenience.(d)Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University
16、by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.CONTENTSForeword.viiPersonnel.ixIntroduction.xiiiSummary of Changes.xvGeneral Provisions and Definitions801General.1802Scope and Intent.1803Piping Systems Definitions.2804Piping Systems Component Definitions.4805Design,Fabrication,Operation,and Testing Terms.6807Quality Assurance.8Chapter IMaterials and Equipment810Materials and Equipment.98