Accession Number:
ADA190935
Title:
A Guide for Recertification of Ground Based Pressure Vessels and Liquid Holding Tanks
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept. 1 Oct 1986-15 Dec 1987
Corporate Author:
GENERAL PHYSICS CORP SAN DIEGO CA ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPT
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1987-12-15
Pagination or Media Count:
89.0
Abstract:
This guideline supports the USAF recertification requirements contained in the Standard General Requirements for Safe Design and Operation of Pressurized Missile and Space Systems, MIL-STD-1522. In addition, this guideline has wide applicability to vessels containing high pressure gases, cryogenics, hypergolics, or other hazardous fluids. The overall objective of this guideline is to present a step-by-step methodology designed to evaluate the current condition of vessels which have been in operation for a number of years in a wide variety of service environments. The methodology presented addressed four major areas which may be the root cause of service-related failures 1 corrosion, 2 stress and fatigue, 3 design, fabrication, and installation, and 4 operation and maintenance. The methodology for recertification of vessels and tanks is divided into five phases 1 documentation retrieval and review, 2 engineering assessment, 3 inspection and test planning, 4 inspection and test implementation, and 5 safe-life evaluation and inservice inspection plan initiation. Keywords Pressure vessels, Certification, Recertification, Residual life assessment, Failure prevention, Nondestructive testing.
Descriptors:
- *PRESSURE VESSELS
- *STORAGE TANKS
- TEST AND EVALUATION
- GUIDED MISSILES
- REQUIREMENTS
- GROUND LEVEL
- MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
- CORROSION
- NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
- LIFE EXPECTANCY(SERVICE LIFE)
- HAZARDS
- FAILURE
- HIGH PRESSURE
- GASES
- PLANNING
- INSPECTION
- SAFETY
- INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
- OPERATION
- FAIL SAFE
- PREVENTION
- FLUIDS
- PRESSURIZATION
Subject Categories:
- Containers and Packaging