Table of Contents

List of Sections
Foreword
Statement of Policy on the Use of the Certification Mark
  and Code Authorization in Advertising
Statement of Policy on the Use of ASME Marking to Identify
  Manufactured Items
Submittal of Technical Inquiries to the Boiler and Pressure
  Vessel Standards Committees
Personnel
Summary of Changes
List of Changes in Record Number Order
Cross-Referencing and Stylistic Changes in the Boiler
  and Pressure Vessel Code
Subpart 1 - Stress Tables
Subpart 2 - Physical Properties Tables
Subpart 3 - Charts and Tables for Determining Shell
            Thickness of Components Under External Pressure
Mandatory Appendix 1 - Basis for Establishing Stress
                       Values in Tables 1A and 1B
Mandatory Appendix 2 - Basis for Establishing Design
                       Stress Intensity Values for Tables
                       2A, 2B, and 4, and Allowable Stress
                       Values for Table 3
Mandatory Appendix 3 - Basis for Establishing External
                       Pressure Charts
Mandatory Appendix 5 - Guidelines on the Approval of
                       New Materials Under the ASME
                       Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
Mandatory Appendix 7 - Guidelines on Multiple Marking
                       of Materials
Mandatory Appendix 9 - Standard Units for Use in Equations
Mandatory Appendix 10 - Basis for Establishing
                        Maximum Allowable Stress Values
                        for Tables 5A and 5B
Nonmandatory Appendix A - Issues Associated With
                          Materials Used in ASME
                          Code Construction
Nonmandatory Appendix B - Developing Nominal Composition
                          Designations for ASME Code
                          Materials
Nonmandatory Appendix C - Guidance for the Use of U.S.
                          Customary and SI Units in the
                          ASME Boiler and Pressure
                          Vessel Code
Nonmandatory Appendix D - Guidelines for Rounding Minimum
                          Specified Tensile and Yield Strength
                          Values and for Establishing Anchor
                          Points for Tensile and Yield Strength
                          Trend Curves in Tables 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B,
                          3, 4, 5A, 5B, U, U-2, and Y-1
Nonmandatory Appendix E - Material Data for Stress Analysis
                          in the Time-Dependent Regime

Abstract

Provides mandatory requirements, specific prohibitions, and nonmandatory guidance for construction activities and inservice inspection and testing activities.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pages
ISBN
Supersedes	ASME PV CODE 2D METRIC : 2015