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Guidebook for the design of ASME section VIII pressure vessels /

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Whether you are a beginning design engineer or an experienced engineering manager developing a mechanical integrity program, this fully updated third edition gives you a thorough examination and review of the requirements applicable to the design, materials selection, fabrication, inspection, and te...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farr, James R.
Other Authors: Jawad, Maan H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : ASME Press, 2006.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Pressure vessels > Design and construction.
Structural engineering.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to third edition
  • Preface to second edition
  • Preface to first edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Background information
  • Cylindrical shells
  • Spherical shells, heads, and transition sections
  • Flat plates, covers, and flanges
  • Openings
  • Special components, VIII-1
  • Design of heat exchangers
  • Analysis of components in VIII-2
  • Appendix A : guide to VIII-1 requirements
  • Appendix B : material designation
  • Appendix C : joint efficiency factors
  • Appendix D : flange calculation sheets
  • Appendix E : conversion factors
  • Index.