Can non-ferrous metal pressure vessels be designed through analytical methods?
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Table 3-2 in Specification P13 provides the safety factors for the analytical design method; since no non-ferrous metal materials are listed in this table, does it mean that pressure vessels made of non-ferrous metals can only be designed using conventional methods?
It doesn’t say that analytical methods cannot be used; the allowable stress values are determined in accordance with JB4734, JB4745, JB4755, and JB4756
Colored ones should work as well; a conventional safety factor can be used for the coefficient