This is a service book to other Code Sections providing tables of design stress values, tensile and yield strength values, and tables and charts of material properties. Part D facilitates ready identification of specific materials to specific Sections of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Part D contains appendices which contain criteria for establishing allowable stress, the bases for establishing external pressure charts, and information required for approval of new materials. Access to the online version of the Stress Tables is included with purchase of this hard copy.

This publication is issued with an automatic addenda service.  All addenda service publications are issued in loose leaf format to facilitate later insertion of replacement pages which incorporate the latest approved changes to the standard.  Purchasers may wish to purchase a binder from ASME (BPVC Binder), but the publication will also fit a standard three ring binder.  Details on the specifics of the addenda service are as follows:

Addenda Schedule:  Yearly
Next Edition:  3 years
Interpretations:  With Addenda

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