Workshop: Thin and Thick Walled Piping Conform ASME B31.3
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30 October 2025 (2hr)
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2 Hour Session
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Interactive Q&A
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Trusted by professionals
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Certification included
Why take this course?
This live Workshop explores the differences between thin and thick-walled piping thickness calculations due to internal pressure. You'll learn why the thin-wall approximation is limited by D/t ratio, and how to derive and apply Lame’s equations. The session shows how these equations are included in the design rules of ASME B31.3 304.1.2 and K304.1.2, and the practical impacts on manufacturing and inspection when the thick-wall criteria is used.
What you'll learn
After this live Workshop you,
• have learnt the thin-walled approximation for piping and why is it only appropriate until a certain D/t ratio
• investigated the influence of inner, outer and mean diameter on the basic thin-walled assumption, and how this relates to ASME B31.3 304.1.2 including Y and E.
• can derive of Lame's equation for thick-walled piping
• compared Lame's equation with the design rules in ASME B31.3 K304.1.2
• have learnt about the practical implications on manufacturing and inspection if the ASME B31.3 thick-walled rules are used
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30 October 2025
(14:00-16:00 CET)
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Instructor-Led 2hr Duration
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Online Live Session
About the course
Join us for this instructor-led Workshop on Thin and Thick-walled Piping Conform ASME B31.3. Designed for early-career piping engineers or those seeking to revisit the basics, this instructor-led course explores the fundamental rules for thin and thick walled pipe thickness from the perspective of the design rules of the ASME B31.3.
In the explanation of the thin-walled formulas it will be shown why the D/t cut off is where it is, which diameter is used in and what is the role of the factors E and Y? Lame's formula for the hoop stress profile through a pipe wall will then be shown and how it can be derived. How this relates to the calculation and together with a brief overview of the implications of using ASME B31.3 Section K for the manufacture and inspection steps will be detailed.
Your instructor will encourage an open discussion, answering your questions throughout the session, and taking you through worked examples to ensure you leave with background knowledge that you can apply going forward.
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Instructor-led Workshop
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30 October 2025 (2hr)
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2 PDH Credits
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English
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MAS096
Meet your instructor
Geronimo Zamora Garcia
Senior Piping Stress and Supports Engineer, member of ASME B31.3 IRG
Who should attend this course
• Junior piping engineers (0 to 3 years experience).• Those using pipe stress software who want to know what is behind the analysis.
• Pipe designers who want to become more familiar with the ASME B31.3 design code
Certification
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