SOME ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF THE EUROPEAN WORKING GROUPS RELATING TO BASIC PRESSURE-VESSEL DESIGN

Introduction by Editor-in-Chief-A recent (October 1995) ICPVT Colloqui um held in Paris reviewed the recent development in European standards and Directive. Some of the papers presented there provide a valuable insight into the way that the various standards are developing and the reasons behind their development. Since such papers can be of help in the detailed interpretation of the standards and also in preparing fo r their future use, it was thought that some of them could be selected for publication in this journal, with the agreement of the Associatio n Francais l'Ingenieur pour Appareils le Pression (AFIA) and the Europ ean and African Region of ICPVT who organised the Colloquia. This, the first such paper, describes some basic PV design criteria as proposed by a Working Group (WGC) of the CEN Technical Committee TC54. It is b ased on the status at March 1995 and is being published in its present form for speed. Copyright (C) 1996 published by Elsevier Science Ltd.