Pressure Vessels - ASME Code Simplified
Simplifies the Tasks of Understanding and Applying the Complex ASME Code for Fabricating, Purchasing, Testing and Inspecting Pressure Vessels

By Phillip Ellenberger

Get Up to Speed with the ASME Code

Revised and updated, this classic engineering tool simplifies the tasks of understanding and applying the complex ASME Code for fabricating, purchasing, testing, and inspecting pressure vessels.

Clearly explaining changes in B31.3, this Eighth Edition makes it easer to achieve Code compliance on any pressure-vessel-related project, to obtain ASME Code certification, and to meet performance goals in the most cost-effective way possible.

Pressure Vessels explains the value of Code standards, shows you hot the Code applies to each component, and clarifies requirements that may be confusing. This valuable text also features tables for calculating allowable internal pressures. You’ll learn how to comply with ASME standards for:

• Safety procedures for design and maintenance
• Inspection and quality control
• Welding
• Nondestructive testing
• Fabrication and installation
• Pressure vessels in nuclear power plants

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Origin, Development and Jurisdiction of the ASME Code
• Chapter 2: Descriptive Guide to the ASME Code Section VIII, Division 1 Pressure Vessels
• Chapter 3: Design for Safety
• Chapter 4: Guide to Quality Control Systems for ASME Code Vessels: A Practical Guide to Writing and Implementing a Quality Control Manual
• Chapter 5: Inspection and Quality Control of ASME Code Vessels
• Chapter 6: Welding, Welding Procedure, and Operator Qualification
• Chapter 7: Nondestructive Examination
• Chapter 8: ASME Code Section VIII, Division 2, Alternative Rules, and Division 3, Alternative Rules for High Pressure Vessels
• Chapter 9: Power Boilers: Guide to the ASME Code Section I, Power Boilers
• Chapter 10: Nuclear Vessels and Required Quality Assurance Systems
• Chapter 11: Department of Transportation Requirements for Cargo Tanks
• Chapter 12: ISO 9000 Quality Assurance Requirements
• APPENDIX A: CYLINDER VOLUME TABLES AND DIAGRAMS
• APPENDIX B: CIRCUMFERENCES OF CYLINDERS
• APPENDIX C: DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS AND THEORETICAL WEIGHTS OF STEEL PLATES
• APPENDIX D: PIPE WALL THICKNESS
• APPENDIX E: DRY SATURATED STEAM TEMPERATURES
• APPENDIX F: METRIC (SI) UNITS; ENGLISH AND METRIC CONVERSIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX

Hardcover, 320 pages