BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12953-3:2002Shellboilers—Part3:DesignandcalculationforpressurepartsTheEuropeanStandardEN12953-3:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS27.060.30;27.100NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,TueMay1511:07:43GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN12953-3:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon14June2002©BSI14June2002ISBN058039851XNationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12953-3:2002.ItpartiallysupersedesBS2790:1992whichwillbewithdrawnonpublicationofBSEN12953Parts1,2,3,4,5,6,8and9.WhenthereferencetothisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities(OJ),compliancewithitwillconferapresumptionofconformitywiththeessentialrequirementscoveredbythestandardinrespectofthePressureEquipmentDirective.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePVE/16,Shellboilers,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersofthispublicationareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafro...