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PressureVessels&PipingDivisionNewsletter
Spring2016

H.A.Bouzid,Editor

AMessagefromthe
PVPDivisionChair

he success and
growth of our
Pressure Vessels
& Piping Division is a
direct result of the com
mitment and dedicated
MarinaRugglesWrenn contributions of our vol
unteers. No matter
wherewecomefrom,industryoracadem
ia, we share a common set of goals and a
longterm mission concept. The primary
missionofthePVPDivisionistoprovidea
forum for the engineering and scientific
communities to promote, share and dis
seminatestateoftheartpressuretechnolo
gies, relating to power generation,sustain
able energies, and the petrochemical and
process industries. The annual PVP Con
ference has been and continues to be the
forum where engineers dealing with pres
sure vessels & piping technology can ex
change information and ideas. Each year,
hundreds of volunteers are involved in
organizing the PVP Conference, oering
technical tutorials, authoring technical pa
pers, contributing to the publication of the
JournalofPressureVesselTechnology,and
engaging students through the annual
RudyScavuzzoStudentPaperCompetition
&Symposium.Wewillcontinuetodevelop
stronger national and global communities
by stimulating the development, acquisi

tion and dissemination of the technical

knowledge,bynetworkingandsharingthe
knowledgewithindustryandacademiato
ensurethevitalityandstrengthofthePres
sure Vessel and Piping community. The
PVP Division is a home for both new and
retiredmembers.Fortheyoungengineers,
participating in the PVP is rewarding and
willenhancetheirprofessionalcareers.The
retired members are an important asset to
theDivisionbecausetheirexperienceisthe
key link between the success of the past
andthechallengesofthefuture.Thefuture
of the Division relies on the current and
futurededicatedvolunteerstomaintainits
growthandmission.
Thisyearwecelebratethe50thanniversary
ofthePVPDivision.Intheearly1960sthe
membershipofASMEbelievedthatapro
fessional division should be formed to
serve as the focal point for the advance
ment of mechanical engineering related to
pressure vessels and piping. Formation of
a new Pressure Vessels and Piping Divi
sionwasproposedatthe1964ASMEwin
ter annual meeting (WAM) and notices of
the proposal were published in the Me
chanical Engineering Magazine. After the
1965 ASME WAM, a set of bylaws was
developed and five Executive Committee
(EC)memberswereselected.Theproposal
toestablishPVPDivisionwasunanimous
ly accepted at the meeting of the ASME
IndustryDepartment.ThePressureVessels
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AMessagefromthe
ConferenceChair

oin us in Vancou
ver, British Co
lumbia, Canada
for the 50th Anniversary
of the ASME Pressure
Vessels & Piping Confer
ence that will be held on
DougA.Scarth
July 1721, 2016. The
Conference is sponsored by the ASME
Pressure Vessels & Piping (PVP) Division
withparticipationfromtheASMENonde
structive Evaluation, Diagnosis and Prog
nosis Division. We are pleased that the
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers is
participating as a Cooperating Society.
The PVP2016 Conference promises to be
an excellent international forum for tech
nicalexchangewithparticipantsbothfrom
industryandacademiafromover40coun
tries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East,
Asia, the Americas, and the Oceania is
lands.ThethemeofthePVP2016Confer
ence is Celebrating 50 Years of Service to
thePressureVesselsandPipingIndustry.
Over 180 paper and panel sessions are
planned on a variety of topics related to
Pressure Vessels and Piping technologies
for the Power and Process Industries.
Technicalareaswillincludedevelopments
inCodesandStandards,designmethodol
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DivisionChairMessage
(Continuedfrompage1)
& Piping Division of ASME was born on
April13,1966.
Preparationsforthe2016PVPConference
in Vancouver, BC, Canada, are rapidly
being completed and we look forward to
anotheroutstandingtechnicalevent.Spe
cial events celebrating the 50th Anniver
sary of the PVP Division are also being
planned. My congratulations and thanks
goouttoalltheauthorsandorganizersfor
theirhardworkandcommitment.Thanks
alsogoouttotheConferencesponsors
theircontributionstooursuccessarevery
much appreciated. At the upcoming 2016
PVP Conference we will welcome
attendees from all regions of the globe.
This exceptional global gathering of the
engineeringcommunityprovidesanexcel
lent opportunity for potential new mem
bers to experience the PVP Conference
andtodiscovertheknowledgeandoppor
tunitiesthePVPDivisionhastooer.Join
us at PVP2016 in Vancouver and be part
ofthisspecialexperience.
I look forward to seeing you in Vancou
ver!

andTuesdayoftheConference.Therewill sion as part of the Monday evening recep

be a special 50th Anniversary Dinner and tion provides an excellent opportunity for
Celebration on the Wednesday evening. the Conference attendees to recognize and
There will also be special events to wel honor the student authors; and, for the au
comestudents,womenengineersandearly thors to discuss their work and answer re
career engineers to participate in the Con latedquestions.
ference.
Asmanyofyouknow,2016marksthe50th
Please visit the Conference website at anniversary of our PVP Division. We are
https://www.asme.org/events/pvp to see lookingforwardtowelcomingmanyformer
the PVP2016 Publication Schedule, and to Division leaders and ASME colleagues to
follow the progress of the PVP2016 Con help us celebrate this distinguished event.
ferenceactivities.PVPConferenceshavea Belowarejustafewofthespecialplanswe
long tradition of being an excellent venue havetocelebrateour50thanniversary:
for exchanging stateoftheart technical
Commemorative lapel pins bearing the
information,aswellasformanysocialand
PVPD logo will be distributed to all
networkingactivities.Informationupdates
conferenceattendees.
pertaining to the PVP2016 social program
and special events to celebrate the 50th AbookdetailingthehistoryofthePVP
anniversary will be posted on the Confer
Divisionisbeingpreparedandwillalso
encewebsite.
bedistributedtoeachregisteredconfer
enceattendee.
Please join us at the PVP2016 Conference
in Vancouver. We look forward to seeing On Wednesday afternoon of the PVP
youthere!
Conference, we will have an Honors
Assembly instead of the usual Honors
DouglasA.Scarth
and Awards luncheon. This onetime
2016PVPConferenceChair
eventwillincludehonoringofthepast
PVPDivisionChairsalongwithpresen
tations of the SPC, divisionlevel, and
ASMEsocietylevelawards.

AMessagefromthe
PVPDivisionSenate
MarinaB.RugglesWrenn
Chair,PVPDivision

ConferenceChairMessage
(Continuedfrompage1)
ogies including elasticplastic analysis,
nondestructive examination, fitnessfor
service, operation and maintenance, fa
tigue including environmental fatigue,
stresscorrosioncracking,residualstresses,
fracture toughness, elevated temperature
components, nonmetallic components,
dynamicallyloaded structures, flow
induced vibration and riskbased assess
ments. The Conference will also present
workshops including an EPRI Creep
FatigueWorkshop,tutorials,aTechnology
Demonstration Forum, and the annual
Rudy Scavuzzo Student Paper Competi
tion&Symposium.
Tours to sites of interest unique to the
Vancouver area are planned for Monday

he Rudy Scavuzzo
Student
Paper
Symposium and
the 24th Annual PVPD
Student Paper Competi
tion (SPC), to be held at
MichaelE.Nitzel the 2016 PVP Conference
in Vancouver, are well underway. The
rulesandproceduresforthisyearsSympo
sium and Competition are the same as last
yearexceptthatforonesmallchange.Pre
viously, finalist participation in the Mon
day evening poster session was voluntary;
however,thepostereventhasbeensopop
ularthatitwasdecidedthatbeginningthis
year all finalists are required to produce a
poster that will be displayed beginning at
the conferencewide reception held on
Monday evening of the Conference. Once
the finalists have been determined, they
will be notified of the required poster size
and other details. Locating the poster ses

Adinneranddancewillbeheldimme
diately after the Honors Assembly.
Ticketcostforthiseventforfullconfer
ence registrants will be includedin the
registrationfee.
The three original PVP Division tech
nicalcommitteesnowknownasDe
sign & Analysis, Materials & Fabrica
tion,andOperations,Applications,and
Components are developing com
memorative sessions to be included in
their 2016 PVP Conference tracks. I
encourage you to attend all of these
sessions.
This biennial training class will be held on
Friday, July 22, following the 2016 PVP
Conference. Each of the PVPD technical
committeesarebeingaskedtoidentifyupto
threecommitteememberstoattendthishalf
day event. The material presented covers
PVPD history and several additional topics
(Continuedonpage3)

TosubscribetoJournalofPressureVesselTechnology,pleasecontact:
Email:CustomerCare@asme.org,Phone:18008432763or19738821170,Fax:19738821717
2

tions, Applications and Components Tech nical Session of the 2014 PVP Conference.
nical Committee of the ASME PVP Divi RecipientsoftheASMEJournalofPressure
sion. Dr Ezekoye was an Associate Editor Vessel Technology G.E.O. Widera Litera
(Continuedfrompage2)
oftheJournalofPressureVesselTechnolo tureAwardandEditorsChoiceAwardfor
gyandiscurrentlyamemberofPVPDivi 2014werealsorecognized.
intended to support the development of
sionProfessionalDevelopmentCommittee.
Please follow the PVP Division on Twitter
futuretechnicalcommitteeandPVPDlead
@asme_pvp
and in the LinkedIn Group
ASME
Dedicated
Service
Awards
were
ers.IlookforwardtoseeingyouallinVan
ASMEPVP
Pressure Vessels and Piping
presented
at
the
2015
PVP
Conference
to
couver!
GeorgesBezdikian,JanKeltjensandDaniel Division for updates on the upcoming
MichaelE.Nitzel
T.Peters.ThePVPDivisionwaspleasedto conference, as well as updates on Honors
PVPDivisionSenatePresident
recognize Chris Bajwa, Michiel Brongers and Awards. In the weeks leading up to
and Ravi Baliga as new ASME Fellows. the 2015 Conference, we provided daily
The PVP Division congratulates these out updates on the various Honors and
standing members in their elevation to Awards that were presented during the
ASME Fellow grade membership. The Conference.Weintendtodothesamefor
ASME Board of Governors Award was the 2016 Conference. We are planning a
presented to the outgoing PVP Division special Honors and Awards Gala for the
oluntary contribu Chair, D. Peters, in recognition of his sig eveningofWednesday,July20tocelebrate
tionstotheSociety, nificantcontributionstoleadtheDivision. the Divisions 50th Anniversary. Check
theconferencewebsiteformoredetails.
the PVP Division,
The Luc H. Geraets Corporate Apprecia
and the pressure vessels
TrevorG.Seipp
tion Award was presented to The Babcock
and piping industry are
& Wilcox Company for longstanding con
Chair,PVPDHonors&AwardsCommittee
recognized through a
tributions to the PVP Division, and for the
number of ASME Society
TrevorG.Seipp
continuedsupportofthecorporationssta
and Division honors and
participationintheactivitiesofASME.The
awards. Historically, the Honors &
awardwasacceptedbyRobertYeagerand
he 2016 ASME
AwardsLuncheon,heldduringtheannual
David Dewees of The Babcock & Wilcox
Pressure Vessels &
ASME PVP Conference, is an opportunity
Company.
Piping Conference
to recognize prominent members of the
will celebrate the 50Year
The S. S. Chen PVP Outstanding Service
Division.
Anniversary of the Pres
Award was presented to Trevor G. Seipp
The ASME Dedicated Service Award hon
sure Vessels and Piping
forhisdedicationandexemplaryserviceto
orsunusualdedicatedvoluntaryserviceto
the Division. Certificates of Appreciation PierreMertiny Division. Preparations for
theSociety,andisthehighestlevelService
this exciting event are
were presented to individuals for services
Award presented by ASME for service to
including Technical Committee Chair, ser nearingcompletion.Theconferencewillbe
ASME Societywide activities. The recipi
vicestotheTechnicalCommittees,Plenary heldinVancouver,BritishColumbia,Cana
entsofthisawardaresponsoredbyelected
Speaker at the 2015 PVP Conference, pre da,attheHyattRegencyVancouverHotel,
ASME ocers. The ASME S. Y. Zamrik
senting a tutorial or workshop at the 2015 July1721,2016.ThePVPConferenceChair
Pressure Vessels & Piping Medal for 2015
PVP Conference. In each Technical Com is Douglas Scarth. The Technical Program
was presented to Dr. Ike Ezekoye. During
mittee, Certificates of Appreciation were Chair for the conference is Maher Younan.
most of his distinguished career, Dr. Eze
presented to the authors of the Outstand Over five days approximately 150 paper
koye was employed at Westinghouse,
ing Technical Paper from the 2014 PVP and panel sessions with over 600 papers
whereheadvancedthedesignandapplica
Conference. Certificates of Appreciation are planned, as well as Tutorials, Work
tion of valves in nuclear power plants and
werealsopresentedtooutgoingAssociate shops, and the Student Paper Symposium
theevaluationofvalvefailures.Hecontin
Editors of the ASME Journal of Pressure &Competition.Aspecialeventwelcoming
ues to provide valve consulting in valve
VesselTechnology.CertificatesofRecogni students/earlycareerandwomenengineers
design and applications associated with
tionwerepresentedtoindividualsfortheir will be held in the evening of Sunday July
launching of new nuclear power plants
role as Technical Program Representative 17. An orientation for Student Paper Com
worldwide, supporting existing commer
for the 2015 PVP Conference and for ser petition participants will accompany this
cialnuclearpowerplantupgradesandsup
vicestotheTechnicalCommittees.Certifi event.ATechnologyDemonstrationForum
porting the resolution of equipment relia
catesofRecognitionwerealsopresentedto hasbeenorganizedforMondayJuly18and
bility issues. He has made important con
FinalistsandWinnersoftheRudyScavuz TuesdayJuly19.Buildingonthesuccessin
tributionstotheASMEBoilerandPressure
zo Student Paper Symposium and 23rd previous years, a Student Poster Session
VesselCodeandtheASMEOperationand
Annual Student Paper Competition. Con will again be held during the conferences
Maintenance Code in the areas of valve
ference awards were presented to the de OpeningReceptiononMondayJuly20.
design, operation and maintenance. Dr.
velopers of the OutstandingTechnical Ses
(Continuedonpage4)
EzekoyehasservedasChairoftheOpera
sion and Outstanding International Tech

AmessagefromthePVP
DivisionSenate

AwardsPresentedat
PVP2015Conference
inBoston

PVPDProgramsReport

search report as well as citation and refer

encing. Participants will have the oppor
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tunity to evaluate writing samples as well
asreceivefeedbackontheirproduction.
On Wednesday July 22 a special Honors
Assembly followed by the 50 Year Anni The second special tutorial is a short
versaryDinnerpromisestobethehighlight presentationtitledEarlyCareerEngineers
ofthisyearsPVPconference.
Forum This tutorial will provide a

PVPDProgramsReport

Planning for 2017 ASME Pressure Vessels

and Piping Conference is already under
way, and we are looking forward to hold
ing the conference at the Hilton Waikoloa
Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii. The conference
dateswillbeJuly1620,2017.The2017PVP
ConferenceleadershipwillbeMaherYoun
an (Chair) and Pierre Mertiny (Technical
Program Chair). The ShortForm Call for
Papershasbeenissued,andispresentedin
thisPVPDNewsletter.TheLongFormCall
for Papers is in preparation, and will be
availableonthePVPconferencewebsiteat
https://www.asme.org/events/pvp.

briefhistoryandbackgroundoftheASME
PVP Division activities, help early career
engineers to understand how by involving
in ASME will facilitate their networking
and identify paths for future leadership
opportunitiesintheircareersasprofession
alengineers.Attheendofthetutorialses
siontherewillbeanIceCreamsocialfor
the attendees. Artin Dermenjian (PVPD
senator),isthetutorialleader.Hehasbeen
a member of the PVP division for the past
36 years holding numerous leadership po
sitions in the PVP Division and ASME
CodesandStandardscommittees.

PierreMertiny The first technical tutorial will be,

to the Process Piping Code,

Chair,PVPDPrograms Introduction
ASME B31.3, and Overview of 50 Years of
its Development. The objective of this
Tutorial is to provide an overview of
ASME B31.3, the Process Piping Code, its
organization, scope, and application. It
he PVPD is cele covers design, fabrication, assembly, erec
brating its 50th tion, examination, inspection, and testing
anniversary in 2016. The requirements for process piping. It pro
division is celebrating its vides an overview of these rules, their in
continuous commitment to tent, and how they are applied and in
the development of the cludes commentary on the Code develop
MaherY.A.Younan
engineering profession in mentoverthepast50years.Thistutorialis
generalandinthepressurevesselandpip presented by Dr. Charles Becht IV, Presi
ing area in particular. As part of this con dentofBechtEngineeringCo.,IncinLiber
tinuingcommitment,thedivisionisarrang tyCorner,NewJersey.Dr.Bechthasbeen
ingtwospecialtutorialsandfourtechnical an ASME B31.3 Code Committee member
tutorialsinitsPVP2016conference.Several for 29 years, served two terms as Chair
ofthesetutorialsreflectthedevelopmentin and is the author of the book Process Pip
thecorrespondingindustryoverthelast50 ing,TheCompleteGuidetoASMEB31.3.
years. Attendees of the special, and tech
The second technical tutorial will be on,
nicaltutorialsreceiveacertificate.
TrapsandPitfallsofFiniteElementAnal
One of the key emphasis in 2016 profes yses. Recently Finite Element Analyses
sional development is the focus on early (FEA)isusedinvariousengineeringfields
careerengineers.Thefirstspecialtutorialis such as for design, verification, validation,
a Technical Writing Tutorial/Workshop. troubleshootingandotherapplications.As
This tutorial is a 2.5 hour long workshop. themoreusersaretreatingFEA,thequality
TheinstructorDr.ElizabethYoderhasbeen of analyses may become a larger issue. Fi
teaching similar programs for graduate nite Element Method (FEM) is the tool for
students at the American University in FEA and is just a calculation method to
Cairo. This interactive tutorial will focus reproduce physical phenomena. This tool
on the features of technical writing. The shows us a very attractive output, such as
workshop will cover thelanguage features coloredcontourplots,butitmaycontaina
within the various components of a re lotoftrapsandpitholeswhereweareeasi

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DevelopmentReport

ly captured without recognition. We must

take special care to avoid those traps and
pitholeswhenweperformFEA.Thistuto
rial will address the issues of concern,
what we need to do, where we must pay
attention,andwhatweshoulddotoavoid
those traps and pit holes. Dr. Yasumasa
Shoji has worked in 5 companies in plant
engineering, mechanical components and
systems, and software development for
totally30years,andheestablishedYSCor
porationin2014.
Our third Technical tutorial will be on,
Application of the ASME Code to Radio
active Material Packaging/Cask. The pur
poseofthistutorialistoprovideguidance
fortheapplicationoftheAmericanSociety
of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pres
sureVesselCodetotransportationpackag
ingandstoragecaskofradioactivemateri
als, including used (or spent) nuclear fuel
(UNF) and highlevel waste, and to facili
tate the design, fabrication, examination,
and testing of packaging and casks. Both
regulatoryrequirementsin10CFRParts71
and 72 and the ASME Code requirements
for transportation and storage contain
mentsareaddressed,withemphasisonthe
CodeSectionIII,Div.3,Containmentsfor
Transportation and Storage of Spent Nu
clearFuelandHighLevelRadioactiveMa
terial and Waste. Among the topics cov
ered by the course are the regulatory re
quirements governing transportation and
storage, application of the ASME Code
requirements to materials, design, quality
assurance, fabrication, welding, examina
tion, and test requirements; structural and
thermal modeling and analysis considera
tions;andcontainment,shielding,andcrit
icalityanalysisconsiderations.Specialtop
ics covered include noncode materials,
hydrogen gas generation, and aging man
agementforextendedlongtermstorageof
used fuel and subsequent transportation,
and monitoring technologies. The tutorial
leaders are Zenghu Han, from Mechanical
Engineering, Argonne National Laborato
ry, Allen Smith, Associate for Argonne
NationalLab,andYungLiu,SeniorNucle
arEngineerandManagerofthePackaging
Certification and Life Cycle Management
Group, Nuclear Engineering Division of
ArgonneNationalLaboratory.
MaherY.A.Younan
Chair,PVPDProfessionalDevelopment

The JPVT publishes not only research pa

pers but also design innovation and tech
nologyreviewpapers.Allpapersshouldbe
submitted to http://journaltool.asme.org/
ear 2016 is special Content/index.cfm to be considered for
VPD membership
to the PVP Divi publicationinthejournal.
as defined as the
sion.ItistheGold
primary Technical Interest
Finally, I would like to express my sincere
en Anniversary of the
of members in the ASME
thanks to all authors, reviewers, AEs, and
Division.Inordertocom
database. There are cur
ASME publication sta to their contribu
memorate the special an
rently 37 Technical Divi
YoungW.Kwon niversary, the Golden tiontothejournal.
DarrenL.Stang sions/Institutes
within
YoungW.Kwon ASME and the PVPD is the sixth largest
Anniversary issue has been prepared for
JournalEditor representing 4.5% of total ASME member
the journal. More than twenty invited pa
pers were collected and reviewed for final
ship. The Division has decreased in mem
publication.Articlesondiversetopicswere
bershipby15%duringpastyear,shrinking
included to cover current technologies as
to 3283 members as of January 2016 down
wellasstateofartliteraturereviews.These
from3879memberslastJanuary.
papers dealt with basic sciences, designs,
Since 2012 ASME has allowed members to
llpaperspresentedat
applications, and extensive literature re
create profileswithin the asme.org website
the PVP2015 Confer
views. Technical paper topics included
forthemselves.Thefunctionalityofthesite
ence are available
creep, fracture and fatigue, design criteria
is similar to that of LinkedIn with the ex
online to the Conference full
of pressure vessels, pipeline technology,
ception that only ASME members have
registrants
at
http://
profileswithinthesite.Ifyoualreadyhave
welding, fluidstructure interaction, ther
asme.pinetec.com/pvp2015.
malhydraulic analysis, impact, probability
a LinkedIn profile you can easily create
analysis, aging management, risk manage HakimA.Bouzid Eight paper volumes of the your profile, there is an automatic conver
PVP2015 Conference Pro sion feature built into the website. Once
ment, thermal and neutron embrittlement,
ceedingswerealsopublishedaftertheCon
etc. The special issue is planned for the
your ASME profile is created, a dashboard
ference.Thesevolumesare:
Septemberissueof2016.
is generated from which you can manage
your account, view committee history (if
Codes&Standards(PartsA&B)
The Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology
any), review ASME purchase history and
ComputerTechnology&BoltedJoints
hasbeentheleaderinthetechnicalcommu
more.
Design&Analysis
nity of pressure vessels and pipes since its
Members who have no technical division
FluidStructureInteraction
inception.Thejournalhaspublishedawide
on file is 6.6% of total ASME membership.
HighPressureTechnology,ASMENDE
spectrumofpapersrelatedtothistechnical
Inordertogrowourmembership,itisim
Division,23rdScavuzzoStudentPaper
field, including but not limited to basic
portant to communicate to new and exist
Symposium&Competition
sciences, interdisciplinary subjects, applied
ing ASME members to select Pressure
MaterialsandFabrication(PartsA&B)
technologies, design and fabrication, tech
Vessels and Piping as their PRIMARY
Operations,Applications,&Components
nical management, etc. Many of those pa
Technical Interest within the ASME.org
SeismicEngineering
persweresubsequentlyusedtodevelopthe
website. The process to do this is as fol
ASME Codes and Standards. The number
Thankyoutoallwhohaveworkedsohard lows: (1) Sign in to your account on the
of papers submitted to JPVT has increased
to develop the PVP2015 program and to ASME.org website, (2) Go to your
significantly last year by approximately
alltheauthorsfortheircontributions.The Dashboard,(3)SelectonMembership&
40% compared to the average of the previ
volumes of the PVP2015 Conference Pro Benefits,(4)SelectMemberContactInfor
ousfiveyears.
ceedings include pages recognizing the mation, (5) Click on Update Professional
There was a change in Associate Editor dedicationandtheoutstandingeortofthe Profile,(6)SelectPressureVessels&Pip
ship. Four Associate Editors completed Track Organizers and Session Organizers, ing Division as your primary Technical
their terms, who are Marina Ruggles who contribute countless hours to the de Division/Interest. In addition, the ASME
Wrenn, ChongShien Tsai, Osama velopmentofthePVPConferencesessions. Referral Drive is currently ongoing. The
Watanabe,andPierreMertiny.Theirexcel
The PVPD Newsletter is published twice a ASME Referral Drive is your opportunity
lentservice andcontributionto the journal
year in Fall/Winter and in Spring. All arti tosharethevalueofanASMEMembership
are greatly appreciated. Three new Associ cles of interest to the PVP community are with your friends and colleagues, and re
ateEditorsjoinedthejournal.TheyareRe welcome.TosubmitanarticletothePVPD ceive free gifts in the process! Participate
zaAdibiaslinComputerTechnology;Akira Newsletter, please contact the PVPD com andtakeprideinknowingyouaresupport
MaekawainSeismicEngineering;andYun municationchairHakimA.Bouzidat
ingASMEandthevitalroleitplaysinpro
JaeKimAtLarge.Allofthemwillservethe hakim.bouzid@etsmtl.ca.
motingtheart,scienceandpracticeofengi
firstthreeyearterm.
neering around the globe. The benefits of
HakimA.Bouzid
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MembershipReport
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ASME membership have increased greatly
overthelastfewyears.Justonesuchbene
fit is, the ASME Digital Collection, it is an
immense, searchabledatabase of hundreds
of eBooks, over 60,000 technical papers
from conference proceedings & journals
and, it is all at your fingertips. There are
severalwaystojoinASME.Pleaserenewor
apply for ASME membership by register
ing online through www.asme.org or
downloadingandmailingthemembership
applicationtoASME.Alternativelyyoucan
call18008432763(US&Canada)or1973
8821167(Global).
Since2009thePVPDivisionalsomaintains
a networking group on LinkedIn to foster
interaction and collaboration between
PVPD members and interested non
members. Our LinkedIn Group has grown
at a spectacular rate since its inception.
Membership is currently 24,993 this year
compared to 21,062 last year. The site also
features nine subgroups, which are: Codes
andStandards(1851members),Materials&
Fabrication(2232members),HighPressure
Technology (1151 Members), Fluid
Structure Interaction (1014 members), De
sign and Analysis (965 Members), Seismic
Engineering (479 members), Operations,
Applications and Components (57 mem
bers), Computer Applications/Technology
& Bolted Joints (73 members), and ASME
B31.3 International Review Group (720
members).Ifyouhavenotcreatedaprofile
onLinkedInandjoinedoneormoreofour
groups we encourage you do so. Simply
visit www.linkedin.com and enter infor
mationaboutyourselfasyouareprompted
by the site. Join this global community of
professionals, take part in discussions and
connecttocolleaguesinyourfieldofexper
tise.
DontforgetaboutourannualPVPConfer
encebeingheldthisJulyinVancouver.The
ASME2016PVPConferencepromisestobe
the outstanding international technical fo
rum for participants to further their
knowledgebase by being exposed to di
verse topics, and exchange opinions and
ideasbothfromindustryandacademiaina
variety of topics related to Pressure Vessel
andPipingtechnologiesforthePowerand
ProcessIndustries.PVPislookingforward

tofruitfultechnicalexchangeswithpartic ASME plays an international role with its

ipants from Europe, Africa, the Middle Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, and the
East, Asia, theAmericas, and the Oceania PVP technical division does its part in
islands. The hotel is currently open to ac keepingthatCoderelevantanduptodate,
cepting reservations for the conference throughcooperationoftechnicalspecialists
androomsgofastsobookearly.
intheAmericas,Asia,EuropeandtheMid

dleEast.ThroughourPVPtechnicalcom
DarrenL.Stangmittees,weallplayaroleinadvancingthe
Chair,PVPDMembership technologytokeeppeoplesafe,andthatis
whatengineeringisallabout.

PVPDInternational
Coordination

ear friends from

around
the
world. The Pressure
Vessel and Piping tech
nical community con
tinuestothrive.Wesee
MichielBrongers
eachotherattheannual
PVP conferences, and talk about topics
throughforumssuchastheASMEwebsite
and LinkedIn. We support one another
andworktogethertostayinformedabout
technical issues and our profession, to
develop international standards, and to
provide safe designs for reliable opera
tions of a wide variety of engineering ap
plications.

The PVP conference has traditionally been

organized in the United States, but there
havebeensignificantstridestoexpandour
horizon other parts of the world as well.
Over the past decade, the annual confer
encehasoccurredinVancouverinCanada
(2006), Prague in the Czech Republic
(2009),andTorontoinCanada(2012),Paris
in France. The associated increase in
attendance at these locations is no coinci
dence, and the International Coordination
Committee will continue to work with the
PVPExecutiveCommitteetobringthecon
ference to a global audience. This year, in
July2016,wewillonceagainmeetinVan
couver.IcantellyoupersonallythatIam
looking forward to it. I have good memo
riesofthe2006event,soIamhopingfora
repeatofthat.

I would like to give you an update on the

Our joint eorts, across country borders PVPLinkedIngroupinthismessage.This
andcontinentsarepayingoinwaysthat group was started in February of 2009 is
improvethelivesofallpeoplearoundus. continuing to grow rapidly. Membership
We improve safety, minimize environ has increased from 21,000 a year ago to
mental impact, and help businesses oper more than 25,000 today! Subgroups were
ateinareliableandresponsible,andeec structured for each of the technical com
tive manner. We analyze applications, mittees as well as an ASME B31.3 Interna
provide designs, recommend materials, tional Review Group. If you are not a
analyze flow,and extendthe life of struc member of the LinkedIn PVP group yet, I
tures, all withthe goal to provide energy, recommendyoucheckitoutandaddyour
produce chemicals, and transport prod self (www.linkedin.com). The discussions
uctsacrosstheworld.
are very interesting and it is easy to ask
There are so many examples of cross
boundary engineering issues that involve
PVP, some of which are related to major
failures/incidents/accidents. Think of an
environmental disaster such as the 2010
Macondo well blowout, sinking of the
Deep Water Horizon and subsequent oil
releaseintheGulfofMexico.Orthinkof
the 2011 earthquake in Japan and the Fu
kushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Such
accidents aect us all, and international
expertise is used to analyze these events
andcreatesolutionstopreventthemfrom
happeningagain.
6

questions of a broad PVP audience. You

can see and post job openings, and add or
read postings of interesting events. Some
companies also provide links to their own
web sites oering their products and ser
vices.
ThanksforbeingpartofthePVPcommuni
ty, and we are looking forward to seeing
youthere.
MichielBrongers
Chair,PVPDInternationalCoordination

andhostingthesessionsattheconference. and fracture reliability. The development

Everyyear,theD&ATechnicalCommittee ofmaterials,NDE,andfabricationtechnol
reaches out to engineering students in ogies lead to improvement in understand
many universities in the USA as well as ingofmaterialperformance,aswellasim
ogether with the abroad and request them to participate in provement in structural design, structural
integrity assessment including leakbefore
ASME PVP Divi thestudentpapercompetition.
sion, the Design At present, the D&A Technical Committee break, plant life management, and fitness
and Analysis Technical has more than 26 members representing forservice acceptance criteria for pressure
Committee will be cele institutionsandindustriesinseveralcoun vessels and piping systems. A number of
brating its 50th anniver tries. Out of 26 members 19 represent pri these activities are performed in collabora
sarythisyearinVancou vateindustries,6representacademicinsti tion with the Codes and Standards Tech
RaviBaliga
ver, BC. As part of the tutions, and 1 represents a regulatory nical Committee to support international
celebration, the Design andAnalysis Tech body. This year, the D&A Technical Com CodesandStandards.
nical Committee is sponsoring a Symposi mittee will present 122 papers in 16 engi
At the 2015 PVP conference, the Materials
um to discuss its 50 years of service to neeringtopicsatthePVPconferencetobe
andFabricationTechnicalCommittee(TPR:
ASME and multiple industries. Several heldinVancouver,BCintheweekofJuly
Dr.MatthewKerr)organized22topicswith
technical experts and ASME Fellows / 17,2016.
42 paper sessions. A total of 163 written
members will be invited for an open dis
papers was published in a single confer
RaviBaliga
cussiononhowthecommitteehasevolved
ence proceedings volume. There were 4
Chair,Design&Analysis
overthelast50years.
presentationsonly.Becauseofthemulti
disciplinary nature of the M&F Technical
The Design and Analysis Technical Com
Committee, M&F partnered with many of
mittee was formed to promote engineers
the other technical committees in develop
and scientists in presenting their technical
ingjointsessions.
experience,researchresults,andinnovative
ideasassociatedwiththedesignandanaly
The M&F Technical committee partnered
sis of various types of mechanical compo
he Materials and with Codes and Standards (C&S), Design
nents, equipment, and piping. The first
and Analyses (D&A), and High Pressure
Fabrication
such D&A technical presentation took
(M&F) Technical Technology(HPT)tosponsortenjointses
place at the first PVP conference held in
Committee
promotes sions on fatigue issues. M&F sessions in
Delft, The Netherlands, in 1969, under the
research, development, cluded,CodeFatigueDesignCriteriaand
leadership of Dr. Irwin Berman as Chair
and sharing of technical EnvironmentalEects.
manoftheD&ATechnicalCommittee.
information related to The M&F Technical Committee partnered
DavidRudland
Several members of the D&A Technical
the development and withCodesandStandards(C&S)andOera
Committee who became chairmen of the modeling, as well as fabrication and struc
tion, Application and Components (OAC)
committeewentontobecomethePVPDi tural integrity technologies, for piping,
tosponsorfivejointsessionsonProbabilis
visionChairs(15totalasof2015).Someof pipelines, components and pressure ves
tic Assessment and Risk Management.
them even became ASME Presidents after sels. The eorts in recent years have pri
M&F sessions included, Probabilistic As
serving as D&A Technical Committee marily focused on fracture methodologies
sessment of Failure. The M&F Technical
ChairsandPVPDivisionChairs.
andsubcriticalcrackgrowthwithenviron Committee partnered with Design and
IneachPVPconference,theD&ATechnical mental eects including corrosion, hydro Analyses (D&A), and High Pressure Tech
nology (HPT) to sponsor one joint session
Committee presents in excess of 120 tech genandhightemperature.
nical papers covering several engineering Areas of interest also include mechanistic onCompositeMaterialsandStructures.
designandanalysistopicsandhasreceived materials modeling, advanced materials
The M&F Technical Committee partnered
multiple Honors recognitions as well as development including applications to
Codes and Standards (C&S) to sponsor
inclusion in the Journal of Pressure Vessel nuclear new builds, fracture toughness,
three joint sessions on Development of
Technology, a prestigious journal pub miniature mechanical testing, fabrication
StressIntensityFactorsandtwosessionson
lishedbyASME.TheD&ATechnicalCom processes, composite systems, non
FractureandMechanicalPropertiesofSub
mittee encourages young engineers to be destructiveexamination(NDE),weldinteg
sized Specimens. M&F sessions included,
come members of the committee and sup rity, weld residual stress predictions and
DevelopmentofStressIntensityFactors.
port it in organizing technical sessions, measurements, creepfatigue interaction,
(Continuedonpage8)
developingandreviewingtechnicalpapers, integrity of plastic pipe, fitnessforservice,

TechnicalCommittee:
Design&Analysis

TechnicalCommittee:
Materials&
Fabrications

IfyouareinterestedinapplyingforASMEMembership,pleasevisit
https://www.asme.org/aboutasme/professionalmembership
7

Materials&Fabrication.
(Continuedfrompage7)
The M&F Technical Committee partnered
with Design & Analysis, Codes & Stand
ards, Computer Technology and Bolted
Joints, High Pressure Materials & Fabrica
tion,andOperations,Applications&Com
ponents Technical Committees for the Luc
H. Geraets Memorial International Sympo
siumonStructuralIntegrity.M&Fsessions
includedApplicationofFractureMechan
ics in Failure Assessment II and
EnvironmentalFatigueIssues.
The M&F Technical Committee partnered
with Design & Analysis, Codes & Stand
ards, Computer Technology and Bolted
Joints, High Pressure Materials & Fabrica
tion,andOperations,Applications&Com
ponentsTechnicalCommitteesfortheRob
ert E NickellMemorial Symposium on Fit
ness for Service. M&F sessions included
Fitness for Service and Failure Assess
ment,IandII
Inaddition,theM&FTechnicalCommittee
supported the development of a technical
tutorial on Piping Probabilistic Fracture
Mechanics Approaches and Applica
tions,whichwasattendedbyover50par
ticipants. Finally, the M&F Technical
Committee, together with the NDE Engi
neering Division, again sponsored a 1day
NDE Demonstration Forum which was
heldduringtheConference.

tothematerialsandfabricationcommunity
overthepast50years,andgiveusahintof
thingstocomeinthefuture.

TechnicalCommittee:
Codes&Standards

Along with these panel sessions, the M&F

Technical Committee is planning 15 joint
sessions with the Codes and Standards,
Design and Analysis, High pressure Tech
nology, Computer Technology, and the
Nondestructive Evaluation Technical
Committees on the topics of Materials for
Hydrogen Service, Fitness for Service and
Failure Assessment, Code Fatigue Design
Criteria and Environmental Eects, Devel
opmentofStressIntensitySolutions,Small
scale and Miniature Mechanical Testing,
Composite Systems for Pressure Vessels
and Piping, Plastic Pipe, Probabilistic As
sessment of Failure, Pressure Vessel Tech
nology for Renewable Energy, Advanced
Sensor Technologies for Monitoring Struc
tural Integrity of PVP Systems, Multiple
Flaw Interaction, Inservice Inspection, 3D
Crack Growth Simulation using FEA, and
Structural Integrity for Spent Fuel Canis
ters.Finally,for2016,theNDEDemonstra
tionForumwillbecombinedwiththeSoft
ware Forum into a larger exhibit for com
panies, that may take place over several
daysduring theconference.We appreciate
the overwhelming response and support
from the authors and the pressure vessels
andpipingcommunity.Weexpecttohave
anothersuccessfulyearatthePVPConfer
enceinJuly2016.

he
Codes
and
Standards
(C&S)
Committee promotes the
development and ex
change of technical infor
mation on current indus
try and research topics
RussellC.Cipolla related to the C&S for
pressure vessels and piping components.
There are a multitude of industry consen
sus codes, standards, rules, and guidelines
onthedesign,constructionandfitnessfor
service in the world. Such International
industrycodesincludeASMEB&PVCode,
API 579/ASMEFFS, European FITNET,
FrenchCodesRCCMandRSEM,German
Guideline FKM, British Standard BS 7910,
R6 and R5, Chinese Code GB/T, Czech
CodeAMEStandard,JapaneseCodeJSME,
etc. Although the evaluation methodolo
gies may dier, there is a need to harmo
nize them to obtain consistent results
among these dierent codes. To this end,
the C&S Committee has supported and
oered opportunities to share information
of mutual interests at PVP Conferences
overtheyears.
The C&S main topics of interest are in the
areas of design and construction criteria,
integrity assessment methods, repair and
mitigation technologies, inservice inspec
tions and flaw evaluations, high tempera
ture codes and new criteria for code im
provement. The papers in C&S contain
technicaldocuments that describe suggest
ed code changes and even propose new
standards. We emphasize new code devel
opments and provide a venue for publish
ing technical basis papers that discuss the
fundamentaltheoryandphilosophybe

The M&F Technical Committee has grown

steadily through the years, and is com
mitted to stay current with the latest tech
nologies. We are proud to have a large
internationalmembership,whichisopento
allindividualsoverawidevarietyofdisci
plines, and to those who are interested in
fostering research and development in
pressure vessel and piping materials and
technologies.Formoreinformationplease
contact
David
Rudland
at
da hindcodeevaluationprocedures.TheC&S
vid.rudland@nrc.gov.
Committee has become truly international
in nature, bringing together people from
DavidRudland
dierent countries to exchange new tech
Chair,Materials&Fabrication
In addition, in celebration of PVPs 50th
nologies and to share codes and standards
Anniversary, the M&F Technical Com
developmentsfromtheirpartoftheworld.
mittee will be presenting a special panel
The 2015 PVP Conference in Boston, Mas
session entitled, Significant Materials and
sachusetts (USA) was very successful. The
Fabrication Contributions A Historical
C&S
Committee sponsored 22 major tech
Review. This panel session will include
nicaltopics.Atotalof132technicalpapers,
past M&F committee chairmen and will
focus on the most significant contributions
(Continuedonpage9)
Forthe2016PVPConferencetobeheldon
July 1721, 2016 in Vancouver, British Co
lumbia, the M&F Technical Program is led
bytheM&FTPR,Dr.WeijuRen.Atotalof
30topicsisplannedforthe2016PVPCon
ference, with 57 regular paper sessions
including two student sessions to support
the PVPD Senate Student Paper Symposi
um and Competition. In addition, panel
sessions are planned on the topics of 3D
crack growth simulation using FEA, and
Probabilistic Methods and Uncertainty
Characterization.

Codes&Standards.
(Continuedfrompage8)
2 presentations, and 5 panel sessions were
presentedduring39sessionsattheconfer
ence. Some of these sessions were jointly
sponsoredwiththeMaterials&Fabrication
(M&F), Design and Analysis (DA), and
High Pressure Technology (HPT) Com
mittees. The PVP 2015 C&S Committee
meeting was attended by 54 members and
visitors. During the meeting, Honors and
Awards Chair Douglas Scarth awarded
Certificates of Recognition to Steven Xu
and Kiminobu Hojo for their work as the
2015 Technical Program Representative
(TPR)andCoTPR,CertificatesofRecogni
tiontoRyanCraneforhisdedicatedservice
to C&S, and a Certificate of Appreciation
for Service to the Division as C&S Topic/
SessionDevelopertoHardayalMehta.For
PVP 2015, Valry Lacroix, Pierre Dulieu,
and Damien Couplet received the Award
fortheOutstandingTechnicalPaper,which
was presented at the C&S session. The
C&S Committee has grown steadily
through the years, and is proud to have a
largeinternationalmembership.
This years conference, PVP2016, will be
held Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada).Vancouver,BChasservedasour
venue for PVP in the past and has proved
tobeawellattendedandhighlysuccessful
conference location. Everyone involved in
theplanningandadministrationisworking
veryhardtomakethe2016C&Ssessionsa
very successful endeavor. At the time of
this writing, the C&S track has received
approximately 145 technical papers for 32
session topics. The C&S Committee ses
sions for this year conference are being
jointlyorganizedandledbythe2016TPRs,
Steven Xu from Canada and Kiminobu
Hojo from Japan. The coordinator for the
studentpapercompetitionforC&SisPeter
James from the UK. Continuing topics in
the C&S Track are related to International
Codes (Europe, China, Japan and the US),
environmentaleectsonfatigue,andinteg
rity of pressure components and piping,
fracture mechanics developments, and
ASMESectionXICodeactivities.Neware
as to be covered in C&S topics include
Master Curve fracture toughness methods,
high temperature hydrogen storage, and
use of modern FEA methods for code as
sessments.

We have great expectations that PVP2016

willbeaverysuccessfulconference.Any
one interested in Codes and Standards
activities are welcome to attend the next
committeemeetingatPVP2016inVancou
ver,BC.TheCommitteeisseekingindivid
uals who are interested in serving as ses
sion developers and symposium organiz
ers. For more information on C&S activi
ties, please feel free to contact Russell
Cipollaatrussell.cipolla@intertek.com.
RussellC.Cipolla
Chair,Codes&Standards

TechnicalCommittee:
ComputerTechnology
&BoltedJoints

he Computer Tech
nology Committee
and Bolted Joints
(CTBJ) Technical Committee
promotes expertise and ad
vancement of computer
technology
within
the
WolfReinhardt
PVPD. The Committee com
bines expertise on software, hardware,
algorithmsandemergingcomputerrelated
developments that aect the analysis of
pressure vessels and piping, and on the
application of advanced analysis methods
withaspecialfocusonboltedjoints.
The 2015 PVP Conference was held at the
ParkPlazaHotelinBoston,MA.TheCTBJ
committee organized a total of 8 technical
paper sessions comprising 33 papers. Ses
sions were held on Design & Analysis of
Bolted Flange Joints, Leak Tightness and
Fugitive Emissions Assembly of Bolted
Joints, Design and Analysis of Packings
and Valves, Threaded Fasteners and Join
ingofMultiMaterials,NewandEmerging
Methods of Analysis and Applications of
Computer Technology, Explicit and Im
plicit Nonlinear FEA, and Computational
Topics in Limit Analysis, ElasticPlastic
AnalysisandCreep.Thecommitteewould
liketoexpresstheirthankstotheTechnical
Program Representative Takashi Koba
yashi and CoTPR Manfred Schaaf for or
ganizing the successful CTBJ technical
programattheconference.YasumasaShoji
deservestobespeciallyrecognizedforhis
eorts in collecting and reviewing papers

onbehalfofthecommitteeforthestudent
papercompetition.
The committee puts special emphasis on
bringing value to the participants at the
conference through applicationoriented
tutorials,panelsandeventsthatinformthe
practicingengineerintheindustryaswell
asacademicparticipants.Oneprimeexam
ple is the annual software demonstration
forum that informs engineer of the latest
developments in application software,
organized by our committee member and
PVPD senatorJim Cory. Another example
wasthetutorialinBoston(coorganizedby
theMaterials&Fabricationcommittee)on
PipingProbabilisticFractureMechanics
Approaches and Applications which
found a broad and appreciative audience.
Other examples in recent years have been
manypanelsandtutorialsonvarioustop
ics in bolted joints, designed to benefit
industryparticipantsbyengagingpresent
ers with expertise in the latest practical
advances in bolted joints technology. In
computertechnology,withthewidespread
use of commercial programs for pressure
vessel & piping analysis, initiatives are
being pursued to present more infor
mation related to the capabilities of these
codesthatarebeneficialtopracticingengi
neers. All these initiatives are aimed at
providing incentives for industrial partici
pants and promote mutually beneficial
information exchange between industrial
and academic experts. Committee ocers
are Wolf Reinhardt, Chair; Jerry Water
land,ViceChairandSecretary;SayedNas
sar,ProfessionalDevelopmentChair;Reza
AdibiAsl, Communication Chair, Robert
Noble,InternationalCommitteechair,and
DonMetzger,HonorsChair.
TheCTBJTechnicalCommitteeencourages
anyonewhoisinterestedinpromotingthe
applicationofcomputationalmethodsand
boltedjointtechnologytoparticipateatthe
committee meeting at the 2016 PVP in
Vancouver. Participation can include de
veloping technical paper and panel ses
sions,andcontributingpapers.Pleasecon
tact the CT Chair Wolf Reinhardt at (905)
8239060orwolf.reinhardt@snclavalin.com
formoreinformationaboutourCommittee
andfuturemeetings.

WolfReinhardt
Chair,ComputerTechnology&BoltedJoints

ized under the direction of our Technical

Program Representatives, Kumarswamy
KarpananandDavidGross.Theyare:De
sign,Analysis,andLifePredictionofHigh
Pressure Vessels (organized by Ku
marswamy Karpanan, Kannan Subrama
he HighPressure nian and Eric Miller) , Structures under
Technology (HPT) Highly Dynamic Loading (organized by
Committee focuses on David Gross), Design and Analysis of
design, research, develop HighPressure Equipment for Oil & Gas
ment and operation of ExplorationandProduction(organizedby
highpressure equipment Kumarswamy Karpanan) , NDE and Fit
DarrenL.Stang and
systems.
The ness for Service for High Pressure Vessels
attendees experience is our key focus in (organized by Jan Keltjens), Material Ad
planning and the execution of our tech vancesandFractureToughnessTestingfor
nicaltrackatPVPConferences.Itprovides HighPressure Applications (organized by
important feedback for the continuing Karl Simpson) and the Student Paper
development of ASME highpressure Competition (organized by Mahesh Ag
codes and standards. HPT sessions pro garwal).
vide a good mix of corporate researchers
Anyonewhoisinterestedinhighpressure
and members of academia, exploring fun
technologyisinvitedtojoinusinVancou
damental technology, disseminating
ver for the conference and, participate at
cuttingedgeaspectsofhighpressuretech
theannualHPTCommitteemeetingwhich
nology and presentations of the
willbeheldatduringtheconference.
knowledge gained from highpressure
applications, is traditionally well repre
DarrenL.Stang
sented.
Chair,HighPressureTechnology

TechnicalCommittee:
HighPressure
Technology

TheHighPressureTechnologyCommittee
held its annual meeting during the PVP
2015 Conference in Boston, MA. The HPT
Committee is an international committee
with representatives from ten countries
and four continents. For the PVP 2015
Conference, the Committee organized
technical & panel sessions that covered
variousaspectsofhighpressuretechnolo
gy. During the conference a panel session
titledAPI17TR8RequirementsasRelated
to ASME Codes and Standards was met
withgreatinterest.Infutureyears,Iexpect
more participation from the API High
Pressure HighTemperature community
within the High Pressure Technology
Committee and PVP Conferences. Special
thanksgoouttoalltheauthorswhowrote
and presented papers at the conference. I
wouldalsoliketotaketheopportunityto
thank all the Session Developers, paper
reviewers and Technical Program Repre
sentatives,KarlSimpsonandDavidGross
forthemanyhourstheydedicatedtomak
ingtheHPTsessionsagreatsuccess.
In2016thePVPConferencewillbeheldin
Vancouver, British Columbia July 17
through 21, 2016. There are seven HPT
technical topics are currently being final

TechnicalCommittee:
SeismicEngineering

reinforcement; fluid and solid interaction;

seismic analysis and design of liquid stor
age tanks and pressure vessels; seismic
analysis and design of industrial piping;
and structural reliability and risk assess
ment.Forthe2015PVPConferenceinBos
ton, Massachusetts, the SETC developed
fourteen technical sessions for nine topics,
with51technicalpapers.TheTPRforPVP
2015 was ChongShien Tsai, Professor at
FengChiaUniversity,theRepublicofChi
na.
TheSETCmetonTuesday,July21,2015in
theHancockRoomattheBostonParkPla
za, Boston, Massachusetts. Eighteen mem
bers including one PVPD senates, Mike
Nitelandthreevisitorswereinattendance.
During the meeting, the SETC welcomed
two new elected members and Fabrizio
Paolaccio,AssistantProfessoratUniversity
of Roma Tre, Italy, and Osamu Furuya,
AssociateProfessoratTokyoCityUniversi
ty,Japan,wereselectedastheTPRandthe
CoTPRforPVP2016,respectively.
For the PVP 2016 Conference to be heldin
Vancouver,Canada,theSETCwilldevelop
thirteen paper sessions for eight topics.
FromPVP2015,allsessiontitlesweredras
tically renewed for attracting prospective
authors in the broad range of the PVPD
related seismic engineering. Moreover,
somechallengesweremadetoexpandour
interests in the area of Seismic Issues of
Aged Plants and of Seismic Damage As
sessment and Health Monitoring. All ses
sion titles and further details are available
on the conference website. Seismic engi
neering is a crosscutting discipline that
interactswithmanyothertechnicalspecial
ties. Since seismic issues are globally im
portant,ourmembershipisatrulyinterna
tional group that welcomes new members.
This oers an opportunity to meet and in
teract withengineers and researchers from
around the world who are working in the
varioustopicsassociatedwithseismicengi
neering.Iencourageallwhomaybeinter
ested in seismic engineering issues and
desiremoreinformationontheactivitiesof
the PVP SETC to contact me via email at
t_tomoyo@cv.tottoriu.ac.jp.

heSeismicEngi
neering
Tech
nical Committee
(SETC)isfocusedonthe
promotion and en
hancement of the study
and application of seis
TomoyoTaniguchi mic engineering, as it
relatestothedesignand
operation of pressure vessels, liquid stor
age tanks, piping systems and other struc
tural and nonstructural systems and com
ponents. Encouraging participation in the
annual ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping
Conference has proven to be an eective
way to achieve the SETCs chartered goal.
TheCommitteeorganizessessionscovering
emerging research and applications in a
broad range of topics including seismic
design, modeling and analysis; seismic
response qualification; damping and ener
gy dissipation; seismic isolation and vibra
tion control; seismic testing and verifica
tion;highlevelresponseofpipingandves
sels; seismic codes, standards and criteria;
seismicdampingexaminationandstrength
10

TomoyoTaniguchi
Chair,SeismicEngineering

TechnicalCommittee:
FluidStructure
Interaction

he
Fluid
Structure Interac
tion(FSI)TechnicalCom
mittee promotes the
study and application of
the dynamics of fluid
ChristinaGiannopapa
structure interaction as
they relate to the design and operation of
pressurevessels,pipingsystemsandcom
ponents.Emphasisisplacedonthefunda
mental and engineering aspects of flow
induced vibration, fluidsolid interactions,
shock and wave propagation, fluid dy
namics and transient thermal hydraulics,
multiphysics, as well as fluidstructure
dynamicalsystemsandtheirresponse.The
TechnicalCommitteeorganizessessionson
these topics at conferences and symposia,
encourages and supports publication in
the area of FSI and promotes the recogni
tion of outstanding engineering achieve
ments and significant individual contribu
tions to pressure vessels and piping tech
nology.

AtomicEnergyAgency(IAEA)andorgan
ising events in cooperation with IAEA
since the past two years. Last year the
Activities on Fluid Structure Interaction
(FSI)forNuclearComponentsInternation
al Symposium took place. The symposi
um brought together experts from the in
ternational community of Fluid Structure
Interaction from government, academia
and industry. The experts presented and
discussedtheirviewandideasonthecur
rent status of the various areas of FSI in
nuclear components and provide an per
spective on the way the community is
movingintothefuture.

tainable energies and petrochemical and

processindustries.Assuch,OACstrivesto
developtechnicalsessionsforthePVPcon
ference each year that provide up to date
developments within the industry related
to operational activities, unique applica
tionsrelatedtotheboilerandpressureves
selcodeandspecificusesofcomponents.
OAC is organized into 9 working sub
committees each of which has a specific
focus:

Safety, Reliability and Risk Manage

ment
QualificationandTesting
Monitoring,DiagnosticsandInspection
Storage and Transportation of Radioac
tiveMaterial
PumpsandValves
Operations and Maintenance of Pres
sure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Piping
andStructures
HazardousMaterialsStorage,Handling,
andTransportation
Plant Life Extension: Aging and Life
Management
StudentPapers

The FSI technical committee has been

growing continuously over the years and
its current membership is truly interna
tional.Thecommitteewelcomesnewmem
bers who are interested in promoting re
searchanddevelopmentintheareaofFSI
in general and its application to the pres
sure vessel and piping technology in par
ticular. Those who would like to join the
FSI Committee as ocial members are
encouragedtosendacopyoftheirresume
totheFSIChair.Inaddition,anyoneinter
estedintheCommitteesactivitiesisinvit
Ineachoftheseareas,OACbringstogether
edtoattendtheFSICommitteemeetingat
experts from throughout the world each
the PVP2016, or contact the committee
yearattheASMEPressureVesselandPip
Chair and its vice Chairs. The time and
ing Conference to present the most recent
At the PVP2015 conference in Boston, locationofthemeetingwillbelistedinthe
cutting edge work related to each of the
USAtheFSITCTechnicalProgramRepre conferenceprogram.
topical areas. In Vancouver in 2016, OAC
sentative (TPR) Jihui Geng alongside with
expectstohave37papersinapproximately

the topic/session organizers, developed 19

14sessions.Weareveryexcitedaboutthe
sessions with more than 76 papers. The
ChristinaGiannopapa
qualityanddiversityofabstractsanddraft
forthcoming PVP2016 conference, which
Chair,FluidStructureInteraction
papers submitted this year and expect the
willbeheldinVancouver,Canadapromis
2016 conference to be a showcase for the
es to be a very interesting technical and
OAC committee and PVP Division in gen
social event. The FSI TC is sponsoring
eral. We hope you will joinour session at
morethan32distributedover8sessions.A
PVP 2016 and look forward to seeing you
student paper competition will also take
there. In the meantime, please feel free to
place. This impressive level of participa
contact me via email at feld
tion is due to the hard work and dedica
manmr@ornl.gov should you have any
tion of the all the members of the Com
questions concerning OAC activities or
mittee including the 2016 FSI TC TPR
he mission of the upcomingsessions.
Toshiaki Watanabe and coTPR Lambros
Operations, Applications,
Kaitsisandthetopic/sessionorganizers.In
and Components (OAC)
my capacity as the FSI Technical Com
Committee of the ASME
mittee Chair, I thank them all for their
MattR.Feldman
Pressure Vessel and piping
eort in organizing such a promising
Division is to provide a Chair,OperationsApplications&Components
event. I also take this opportunity to MattR.Feldman forum for the international
strongly encourage all individuals of the engineering and scientific communities to
FSI community to attend the PVP 2016 promote, share and disseminate stateof
Conference.
theart technologies related to the opera

TechnicalCommittee:
Operations,Applica
tions&Components

Additionally, the FSI Committee has tions and applications within, and compo
strengthened its links to the International nents used in, the power generation, sus
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RudolphJoseph
Scavuzzo,Jr.passed
away

he ASME Pres
sure Vessel and Piping
Division (PVPD) sadly
announce the passing of
Dr Rudolph Joseph
RadolphJ.Scavuzzo Scavuzzo, Jr., Ph. D.,
P.E.,onSundayApril24,
2016. Rudy served as Chair of the Opera
tions Applications and Components Tech
nicalCommittee19851987,DivisionChair
19921993, Senate Select 19932016, elected
ASMEfellow1989,ReceivedPVPMedalin
2000 and the ASME Dedicated Service
Award in 2014. For his long service and
contributionstoPVPD,thestudentsympo
sium was named in his honor as The
RudyScavuzzoStudentPaperSymposium
&StudentsPaperCompetition

TheASMEDigital
Library

PVPDProfessional
Groups

The ASME Pressure Vessel and Pip

ingDivisionPVPDhasdierentPro
fessionalGroupsthatallowpeopleto
get in touch to build relations, discuss, re
portandreadnews,andpostjobopenings.
The sites allows its members to see each
others contacts (links). You can join us on
ASME.org,LinkedInandTwitter;

ounded in 1880 as the American

Society of Mechanical Engi
neers, ASME is the premier professional
membership organization for more than
140,000mechanicalengineersandassociat
ed members worldwide. ASME also con
ducts one of the worlds largest technical
publishing operations in the world, oer
ing thousands of titles including some of
the professions most prestigious journals,
conference proceedings, and ASME Press
books.
The ASME Digital Collection, previ
ously known as The ASME Digital
Library, is ASMEs repository of cur
rentandarchivalliteraturefeaturing:
ASMEs Transaction Journals from
1960tothepresent.
ASMEs Conference Proceedings from
2002tothepresent.

Rudy grew up and lived in North Plain

ASMEPresseBooksselectedfrom1993
fieldbeforeattendingLehighUniversityin
tothepresent.
Pennsylvania and then serving in the Ar
my,stationedinMaryland.Rudyreceived Additional information can be found at:
his Masters (1959) and PhD(1963) in Me http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
chanical Engineering at The University of
Pittsburgh.Afterworkingbrieflyinindus
try, Rudy was an associate professor at
Toledo University, taught at Rensselaer
PolytechnicInstituteinHartford,Connect
icut and finally served as the Department
Head of Mechanical Engineering and As
sociate Dean College of Polymer Science
and Polymer Engineering for 27 years at
TheUniversityofAkronuntilheretiredin
June of 2000. Among his many awards in
hisdistinguishedacademicandconsulting
career, Dr. Scavuzzo was awarded the
LifetimeAchievementAwardforworking
50yearsintheareaofshockandvibration.
In addition, Rudy authoredtextbooks and
dozens of published technical articles in a
variety of disciplines. His vocational lega
cy and joy were the hundreds of students
whomhelovedandmentored.

InhisMemory
SamZamrik

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sure_vessels_piping_division/
default.aspx
https://www.linkedin.com/
groups/1794527

https://twitter.com/asme_pvp

PVP 2017
Hawaii
Hilton Waikoloa, Hawaii
July 1620, 2017
2017 ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference
A new Era of Service to the Pressure Vessels and Piping Industry
PVP-2017: Join us in Waikoloa, Hawaii, for a new era of the ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference!
After helping to advance the Pressure Vessels, and Piping Industry for the last 50 years, the ASME-PVP is
starting a new era of services to the industry. More than 180 paper and panel sessions are planned, as well as
tutorials, a Technology Demonstration Forum, and the 25th Rudy Scavuzzo Student Paper Symposium and
Competition. The PVP Conference is a great place to exchange ideas and to meet colleagues as we all work
to create and advance Pressure Vessels and Piping technologies for our global community of practice. The
PVP Conference is a recognized forum for fruitful exchange of ideas with participants from over 40 countries
in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and the Oceania islands. The ASME Pressure Vessels
& Piping Division will sponsor the PVP-2017 Conference with participation by the ASME NDPD Division.
GENERAL TOPICS: (1) Codes & Standards; (2) Computer Technology & Bolted Joints; (3) Design & Analysis;
(4) Fluid-Structure Interaction; (5) High Pressure Technology; (6) Materials & Fabrication; (7) Operations, Applications & Components; (8) Seismic Engineering; (9) Non-Destructive Examination; and (10) 25th Rudy Scavuzzo Student Paper Symposium and Competition.
SCHEDULE: Abstracts are due by November 7, 2016. Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by November 28, 2016. Draft papers are due by February 6, 2017. Paper peer review comments will be returned
by March 6, 2017. A Copyright Agreement Form for each paper must be submitted by April 3, 2017. The final
manuscripts in the standard ASME format for publication must be received by April 10, 2017. All presented
technical papers will be published as referenceable documents available post-Conference.
INFORMATION: The conference website URL is: http://www.asmeconferences.org/PVP2017/. Technical paper abstracts must be submitted electronically through the website. Please visit the website for additional information.
PVP Conference Chair
Maher Y. A. Younan
The American University in Cairo
School of Sciences and Engineering
P.O. 74, New Cairo, 11835, Cairo, Egypt
Phone/Fax: +20.2.2615.2583/ +20.2.2795.7565
E-mail: myounan@aucegypt.edu

PVP Technical Program Chair

Pierre Mertiny,
University of Alberta, Mechanical Engineering Dept.
10-203 Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering
9211-116 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 1H9
Phone/Fax: (780) 492-6982 / (780) - 492-2200
E-mail: pmertiny@ualberta.ca
Sponsorship Chair
Carl E. Jaske
Det Norske Veritas (USA), Inc.
5777 Frantz Road
Dublin, OH 43017-1386, USA
Phone/Fax: 614-761-6916 / 614-761-1633
E-mail: Carl.Jaske@dnvgl.com
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20152016PressureVessels&PipingDivisionOcers
EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE

ADMINISTRATIVECOMMITTEES

Materials&Fabrication

Chair
MarinaRugglesWrenn
AirForceInstituteofTechnology
2950HobsonWay
WPAFB,OH454337765
Ph:9372553636x4641
Email:ruggleswrenn@gmail.com

MembershipChair
DarrenL.Stang
OMAXCorporation
2140972ndAvenueS.
Kent,WA980321944
Ph:2538722300
Fax:2538726190
Email:Darren.Stang@OMAX.com

DavidRudland
UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommission
21ChurchStreet,Room5C14,MailStop:CSB
5CA24
Rockville,MD20853
Phone:3012517622
Email:david.rudland@nrc.gov

ViceChair
DouglasA.Scarth
KinetricsInc.
800KiplingAve
Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Ph:4162076000ext6383/4162360979
Email:Doug.Scarth@kinectrics.com
Programs
PierreMertiny
UniversityofAlberta
MechanicalEngineeringDepartment
49MechanicalEngineeringBuilding
Edmonton,Alberta,T6G2G8,Canada
Phone/Fax:7804926982/7804922200
Email:pmertiny@ualberta.ca
Communications
HakimA.Bouzid
Dept.ofMechanicalEngineering
coledeTechnologieSuprieure
1100NotreDameOuest
Montreal,Quebec,CanadaH3C1K3
Ph/Fax:5143968563/5143968530
Email:hakim.bouzid@etsmtl.ca
HonorsandAwards
TrevorSeipp
BechtEngineeringCanada,Ltd.
110259MidparkWaySE
Calgary,Alberta,T2X1M2,Canada
Ph/Fax:4032563575/3500
Email:tseipp@becht.com
ProfessionalDevelopment
MaherY.A.Younan
TheAmericanUniversityofCairo
SchoolofSciencesandEngineering
P.O.74,NewCairo11835
Cairo,Egypt
Ph:+20226152583/+20227957565
Email:myounan@aucegypt.edu
SENATEofPASTPVPCHAIRS
President
MichaelE.Nitzel
M.E.NitzelEngineeringServices
12839LakecrestDr.
Nampa,ID83686
Ph:2084656434
Email:gmnitzel@msn.com

PublicityChairandNewsletterEditor
HakimA.Bouzid
Dept.ofMechanicalEngineering
coledeTechnologieSuprieure
1100NotreDameOuest
Montreal,Quebec,CanadaH3C1K3
Ph/Fax:5143968563/5143968530
Email:hakim.bouzid@etsmtl.ca
InternationalCoordinator
MichielBrongers
DetNorskeVeritas(U.S.A.),Inc.
5777FrantzRoad
Dublin,OH430171386
Ph/Fax:6147611214/1633
Email:michiel.brongers@dnv.com
TECHNICALCOMMITTEECHAIRS
Codes&Standards
RussellC.Cipolla
IntertekAIM,IndustrialServices
601WestCaliforniaAvenue
Sunnyvale,California94086,USA
Phone:4086365322or4087457000(ext5322)
Email:russell.cipolla@intertek.com
ComputerTechnology&BoltedJoints
WolfReinhardt
CanduEnergyInc
2285SpeakmanDrive
Mississauga,ONL5K1B1,Canada
Ph:19058239060
Fax:19058236120
Email:Wolf.Reinhardt@Candu.com
Design&Analysis
RaviBaliga
AdventEngineeringServices
12647AlcostaBoulevard,Suite440
SanRamon,CA94583
Phone/Fax:(925)8304700/(925)8301269
Email:rbaliga@adventeng.com

J.ofPRESSUREVESSELTECHNOLOGY

FluidStructureInteraction
ChristinaGiannopapa
EuropeanSpaceAgency(ESA)
ESAHQMarioNikis/PPCPM
810rueMarioNikis,75738ParisCedex15,
France
Ph/Fax:+33(0)153697073/7369
Email:christina.giannopapa@gmail.com

Editor
YoungW.Kwon
NavalPostgraduateSchool
700DyerRoad
Monterey,CA93943
Ph/Fax:8316563468/2238
Email:ywkwon@nps.edu

HighPressureTechnology
DarrenStang
OMAXCorporation
2140972ndAvenueS.
Kent,WA980321944
Phone/Fax:2538722300/2538726190
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Email:Darren.Stang@OMAX.com

Operations,Applications&Components
MattR.Feldman,P.E.
ORNLTransportationTechnologiesGroup
NationalTransportationResearchCenter
2360CherahalaBlvd.
Knoxville,TN37932.USA
Phone/Fax:(865)946129/(865)574343
Email:feldmanmr@ornl.gov
SeismicEngineering
TomoyoTaniguchi
TottoriUniversityDeptofCivilEngineering
4101KoyamaMinami
Tottori6808552Japan
Phone:+81857315287
Fax:+81857287899
Email:t_tomoyo@cv.tottoriu.ac.jp
ASMESTAFF
JamieHart
Manager,ConferencesandEvents,IPTI,ASME
InternationalPetroleumTechnologyInstitute
11757KatyFreeway,Suite380
Houston,TX77079
Tel:(281)7109123
Email:hartje@asme.org
JacintaMcComieCates
Administrator
ASME
TwoParkAvenue,23W2
NewYork,NY10016
Ph/Fax:2125917052/7671
Email:mccomiej@asme.org

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PVPDNewsletterCommittee
HakimA.Bouzid,Editor&

CommunicationsChair
MarinaRugglesWrenn,DivisionChair

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PVPDNewsletter,pleasecontactthecommuni
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