Detailed principles for structural integrity, including load calculations for dead loads, live loads, and wind/seismic-induced vibrations.
At 140 feet, she found it: a horizontal line of thinned metal, like a scar along the weld seam. Flue gas condensation had formed weak sulfuric acid, eating the carbon steel from the inside out. The standard’s Appendix C had a flowchart for exactly this: If remaining wall < 50% of design thickness, cease operation immediately.