Specifications and codes

Information based on experience, which includes national standards, specifications and codes of practice, and also the technical and scientific literature reviews and reports. Corrosion engineers, technologists and scientists employed by specialist organisations or as consultants form the most important source of information, and their advice should be sought wherever possible. 

Accepted solutions are usually covered by specifications and codes of practice. These documents are important for three reasons they form part of the contract they define methods of design and fabrication proven by experience and they act as a means of communication between the parties involved in design, fabrication, construction and inspection. There is a strong incentive to use standard solutions as unexpected problems or misunderstandings are less likely to occur than if a novel solution is attempted such problems lead to the cost of rectification, but the delay that they cause is usually more importantConsequently project managers are often reluctant to be the first to use a novel solution. 

As we ve already seen, program code is precise but tends to force you into too much detail. In design, you want to describe only the main scheme before proceeding to the detail. There are experimental wide-spectrum languages that cover both specification and coding but unfor-... 

Notice that although the interaction diagram is useful for illustrating specific cases, the class diagram (with associated dictionary, specifications, and code) is the canonical... 

A number of specifications and codes of practice are followed throughout the world for rubber lining, the major ones being from the ASTM, the BS Specifications, the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) and the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) which give exhaustive information on rubber lining procedures, testing methods and code of practice. 

International seminars and conferences have been held in various countries to address this critical issue, and enabled the participants to share their experiences in corrosion and its protection [1, 2]. Motivated by the knowledge sharing, acceptable specifications and code of practice were drafted by many institutions in the developing and developed nations and subsequently followed by industry. 

ASCE/AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition This national competition is sponsored by ASCE and American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and co-sponsored by several steel industry organizations or companies. AISC is a not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921. Its mission as described by AISC is to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States. AISC s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and market-building activities, including specification and code development. 

British standards institution A national organization (corresponding to the American National Standards Institute and the American Society for Testing and Materials), which establishes and publishes standard specifications and codes of practice. 

ControlH Is used to develop the architecture specification and code generation for control and navigation systems. 

In its review procedures, NRC has shown particular interest in the criticality, cooling, and seismic analysis in addition to the design and quality assurance specifications and codes. 

Electrical apparatus, equipment and installations are tested to prove that they are safe and fit for purpose and that they comply with relevant standards, specifications and codes of practice. 

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) http //www.aisc.org (accessed October 20, 2010). Standards activities and publications include the AISC Specifications and Codes. The institute publishes the Engineering Journal and Modern Steel Construction (1964 to present), the former dealing with analysis and design while the latter is more concerned with practice. Useful EAQs dealing with issues such as progressive coUapse. 

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