manufacturing any piping system. Organizations that promulgate piping standards include: ASME – The American Society of Mechanical Engineers – B31 series ASME B31.1 Power piping (steam piping etc.) ASME B31.3 Process piping ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids and oil and gas ASME B31.5 Refrigeration piping and heat transfer components ASME B31.8 Gas transmission and distribution piping systems ASME B31.9 Building services piping ASME B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems (Withdrawn, Superseded by B31.4) ASME B31.12 Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM A252 Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe Piles API – American Petroleum Institute API 5L Petroleum and natural gas industries—Steel pipe for pipeline transportation systems CWB – Canadian Welding Bureau EN 13480 – European metallic industrial piping code EN 13480-1 Metallic industrial piping – Part 1: General EN 13480-2 Metallic industrial piping – Part 2: Materials EN 13480-3 Metallic industrial piping – Part 3: Design and calculation EN 13480-4 Metallic industrial piping – Part 4: Fabrication and installation EN 13480-5 Metallic industrial piping – Part 5: Inspection and testing EN 13480-6 Metallic industrial piping – Part 6: Additional requirements for buried piping PD TR 13480-7 Metallic industrial piping – Part 7: Guidance on the use of conformity assessment procedures EN 13480-8 Metallic industrial piping – Part 8: Additional requirements for aluminium and aluminium alloy piping EN 13941 District heating pipes GOST, RD, SNiP, SP – Russian piping codes RD 10-249 Power Piping GOST 32388 Process Piping, HDPE Piping SNiP 2.05.06-85 & SP 36.13330.2012 Gas and Oil transmission piping systems GOST R 55990-2014 & SP 284.1325800.2016 Field pipelines SP 33.13330.2012 Steel Pipelines GOST R 55596-2013 District heating networks EN 1993-4-3 Eurocode 3 – Design of steel structures – Part 4-3: Pipelines AWS – American Welding Society AWWA – American Water Works Association MSS – Manufacturers' Standardization Society ANSI – American National Standards Institute NFPA – National Fire Protection Association EJMA – Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association Intro to pipe stress - https://web.archive.org/web/20161008161619/http://oakridgebellows.com/metal-expansion-joints/metal-expansion-joints-in-one-minute/part-1-thermal-growth%26#x20;(one minute) See also Drainage Firestop Gasket HDPE pipe Hydraulic machinery Hydrogen piping Hydrostatic test MS Pipe, MS Tube Pipe Cutting Pipefitter Pipe network analysis Pipe marking Pipe support Piping and plumbing fitting Coupling (piping) Double-walled pipe Elbow (piping) Nipple (plumbing) Pipe cap Street elbow Union (plumbing) Valve Victaulic Pipeline pre-commissioning Plastic pipework Plastic Pressure Pipe Systems Plumbing Riser clamp Thermal insulation References Further reading ASME