BS EN 12516-3 2002

BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12516-3:2002IncorporatingCorrigendumNo.1Valves—Shelldesignstrength—Part3:ExperimentalmethodTheEuropeanStandardEN12516-3:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.060.01

 
 LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunDec1701:17:54GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN12516-3:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon28October2002©BSI18November2003ISBN0580406490NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12516-3:2002,includingCorrigendumSeptember2003.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePSE/7,Industrialvalves,toSubcommitteePSE/7/1,Basicstandards,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to12,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments14810CorrigendumNo.118November2003CorrectiontotheAnnexZApageLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunDec1701:17:54GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN12516-3October2002ICS23.060.01IncorporatingcorrigendumSeptember2003EnglishversionValves-Shelldesignstrength-Part3:ExperimentalmethodAppareilsderobinetterie-Résistancemécaniquedesenveloppes-Partie3:MéthodeexpérimentaleArmaturen-Gehäusefestigkeit-Teil3:ExperimentellesVerfahrenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon1August2002.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2002CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN12516-3:2002ELicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunDec1701:17:54GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN12516-3:2002(E)2ContentspageForeword......................................................................................................................................................................31Scope..............................................................................................................................................................42Normativereferences....................................................................................................................................43Termsanddefinitions...................................................................................................................................44Symbols..........................................................................................................................................................45Descriptionoftest.........................................................................................................................................66Testmethod....................................................................................................................................................66.1Safetyaspects................................................................................................................................................66.2Wallthickness.......................................