Basic Statistics for Piping and Pressure Vessel Engineers to Comprehend Statistical Techniques in ASME Piping and Pressure Vessel Codes

This course will cover basic and advanced topics from Solid Mechanics required to provide a robust understanding of the background theory behind technical requirements of Piping and Pressure Vessel codes and standards. A refresher course on core and advanced topics of Solid mechanics required to understand technical background of Piping and Pressure Vessel codes and standards.

1. Introduction to Statistics in Engineering – Importance of statistics in piping and pressure vessel design, role in ASME code compliance.

2. Descriptive Statistics – Mean, median, mode, range, variance, standard deviation, and their application to material and design data.

3. Probability Distributions – Normal, log-normal, Weibull, and other distributions commonly used in stress and material property analysis.

4. Statistical Confidence and Tolerance – Confidence intervals, tolerance limits, and their relevance in allowable stress and safety margins.

5. Regression and Correlation Analysis – Understanding relationships between variables, predicting material behavior, and data trends.

6. Reliability Analysis – Basic reliability concepts, failure probability, and statistical methods for evaluating component and system safety.

7. Application to ASME Codes – Use of statistical methods in ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for material properties, allowable stresses, and design verification