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How Low Temperature Affects Steel (A106-B) Piping

As stated in a previous post on cold temperatures and equipment, low temperatures have an undesirable affect on ductile steels, making them more brittle. This is a problem in process piping, especially in Canada, with our large differences in summer and winter temperatures. It can however, be resolved by using special cold temperature-rated steels in pipes, but may not always be required. Careful reading of ASME B31.3 reveals interesting information that can be applied when using pipe outside of its intended design temperature. Read more →

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Performance of Steel and Equipment in Low Temperatures – Part 3

Our low temperature blog article has been a big hit from around the world. I thought I would expand on the thought by sharing some good pieces written by other people. Please take a second and browse these links and let me know if you enjoyed them. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to send me an email or leave a comment. Read more →

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Performance of Steel and Equipment in Low Temperatures – Part 2

Temperature can have a huge effect on the hardness of materials when approaching the ductile to brittle transition temperature. The problem is that the transition temperatures of a few common structural steels are right around the temperature of a cold Canadian winter (or even spring)… Read more →

Designing For Cold Temperatures

Effects Of Low Temperature on Performance of Steel & Equipment

When designing equipment for low-temperature applications, it is important to keep in mind that low temperatures can adversely affect the tensile toughness of many commonly-used engineering materials. Tensile toughness is a measure of a material’s brittleness or ductility; it is often estimated by calculating the area beneath the stress-strain curve. Ductile materials absorb significant amounts of impact energy before fracturing, resulting in Read more →

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