ASME B 31.1 & ASME B 31.3 CODE COMPARISON
During piping stress analysis of a piping system, it sometimes seems that there is no major difference between ASME B31.3 and ASME B31.1. As simply changing the codes in the input spreadsheet is sufficient for analysis. But if we take a closer look at both B31.3 vs B31.1, we can understand that there are some major differences in the rules, applications, and guideline considerations between ASME B31.1 and ASME B31.3. In this article, we have listed down some major differences