ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB31.8S-2010(RevisionofASMEB31.8S-2004)ManagingSystemIntegrityofGasPipelinesASMECodeforPressurePiping,B31SupplementtoASMEB31.8CopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---//^:^^#^~^^":~::"^$$^~@""#:$@~^~":*~:"~~@"^^:@^^^~~":\\INTENTIONALLYLEFTBLANKCopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---//^:^^#^~^^":~::"^$$^~@""#:$@~^~":*~:"~~@"^^:@^^^~~":\\ASMEB31.8S-2010(RevisionofASMEB31.8S-2004)ManagingSystemIntegrityofGasPipelinesASMECodeforPressurePiping,B31SupplementtoASMEB31.8ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDCopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---//^:^^#^~^^":~::"^$$^~@""#:$@~^~":*~:"~~@"^^:@^^^~~":\\DateofIssuance:June1,2010ThenexteditionofthisCodeisscheduledforpublicationin2012.TherewillbenoaddendaorwritteninterpretationsoftherequirementsofthisCodeissuedtothisedition.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringementofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumeany...
