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If depressurised during transport it is a static vessel. See AS 1210 3.26.2.

There used to be exemptions in the QLD Workplace Health and Safety Regs for some vacuum vessels, however, I believe current legislation only looks at hazard level. See Schedule 4 in this link for the old requirements. http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/REPEALED/W/WorkplHSR89_01_.pdf

Pennpiper, From ASME 1: PW-41.5.2 The depth of insertion of a pipe or tube into a socket shall be at least 1/4 in. (6 mm). There shall be at least 1/16 in. (1.5 mm) clearance between the end of the pipe or tube and the internal shoulder of the socket, before welding.

If there is an internal shoulder, then yes, the minimum socket depth would neeed to be 5/16" to meet the PW-41.5.2 requirements.

ASME 1 PW-41.5.2. Depth of insertion shall be at least 6 mm.

kasimmehdi Form 100 is the application form for design registration. If you are registering pressure equipment design, an independent design verification to AS 3920.1 is required. AS 3920.1 only applies to pressure equipment - not to other types of plant that need design registration.

http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/agency.nsf/docep_main_mrtitle_650_homepage.html

The definition of plant will vary slightly from state to state. In Queensland plant includes "machinery, equipment, appliance, pressure vessel, implement and tool". You will need to check the actual definition in the WA legislation.

From the original post, the gap is greater than 3/4" and pup piece is less than 10 mm. This still leaves a root gap in excess of 4.5 mm for each of the welds. You may want to check this complies with the WPS (see 328.4.3 (d)). If you want some assurance on the quality of the weld, you could...

Interpolation in excel is a pain. It can be done using various lookup functions. The only way I know how to do it is to use index and match functions to find the data around the point you are interested in and then do the interpolation calculation. For steam tables you can download a free...

KB in A-29 includes resistance due to the length of the bend. See discussion on P 2-13. Also note the difference between Kb and KB.