Codes are not text books or technical publications which provide technical basis for the rules/recommendations stated therein. The technical discussions that take place in the code committees are not in public domain. Using the code rules without understanding their limitations and strengths can often result in over or under design . Also codes generally allow advanced techniques/state of the art to be used to optimise designs and if code users are not aware of the technical background behind code rules, then cannot take advantage of these techniques as they are not sure of when to use them.
The objective of the presentation will be to provide a high level view of this issue citing specific examples. The presentation will be focussing on ASME B31.3 and ASME SEC VIII Division 1 and Division 2 .