Interpretations No. 1 to ANSI/ASME 831.

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831.8 Interpretations No. 1

Interpretation: 1-1
Date Issued:

March 2, 1983

Subject:

Design Based on Inside Diameter

File:

1622
Question: Does ANSIIASME 831.8 recognize and allow design based on inside diameter?
Reply: No.

Interpretation: 1-2
Date Issued:

March 2, 1983

Subject:

Pipe-Type Holders in 844

File:

1630

Question: According to 844.3 of ANSIIASME 831.8, pipe-type holders should have a minimum
clearance from fenced boundaries of site of 25 ft if maximum operating pressure is less than 1000 psig,
and 100 ft if pressure is 1000 psig or more. However, 844.1 of ANSIIASME 831.8 also allows pipe-type
holders to be installed in streets, highways, or in private rights-of-way not under the exclusive control and
use of the operating company if the holders are designed, installed, and tested in accordance with the
provisions of the Code applicable to a pipeline in the same location and operated at the same maximum
pressure. I s it contrary to the requirements of ANSllASME 831.8 if a pipe-type holder, which is to be
installed on site under the exclusive control and use of the operating company, does not have any clearance
limitations from the fenced boundaries, but it is designed, installed, and tested in accordance with the
provisions of the Code applicable to a pipeline installed in the same location and operated at the same
maximum pressure?
Reply: It is not intended that the additional requirements for clearance from fenced boundaries set
out in 844.32(a) and (b) be applied to pipe-type bottle holders meeting the requirements for the class
location in which it is installed.

Interpretation: 1-3
Date Issued:

April 19, 1983

Subject:

Design Safety Factors

File:

1612

Question: If underthickness i s not allowed in pipe fabrication specification, may a safety factor greater
than 0.72 be used in ANSIIASME 831.4 and ANSIIASME 831.8 construction?
Reply: There is no provision in ANSIIASME 831.4 or ANSIIASME 831.8 to permit a design factor
greater than 0.72 to be used in the design of a liquid petroleum pipeline or natural gas pipeline.
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831.8 InterpretationsNo. 1

Interpretation: 1-4
Date Issued:

October 26,1983

Subject:

Area of Reinforcement for Contoured Integrally Reinforced Fittings

File:

1681

Question: Do the rules for extruded outlets apply to contoured integrally reinforced fittings? If not,
what are the correct equations indicated in ANSIIASME 831.I,B31.2,B31.3,B31.4, and 831.8 to be used
in determining the limits of area reinforcement for contoured integral!^ reinforced branch connecting
fittings (e.g., weldolet) and extruded outlets?
Reply: The contoured integrally reinforced fitting is not an extruded outlet. The equations set forth in
the 831 Codes for determining the reinforcing limits of an extruded outlet do not apply in determining the
reinforcing limits of a contoured integrally reinforced fitting.
The equations set forth in the Code documents for fabricated intersection area reinforcement limits
are the only equations available for contoured integrally reinforced branch connecting fittings.