Process piping the complete guide to ASME B31.3
Title:
Process piping the complete guide to ASME B31.3
Author:
Becht, C.
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. (ASME, Three Park Avenue. New York, NY 10016) : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, c2009.
Physical Description:
1 electronic text (xxi, 283 p.) : ill., digital file.
Contents:
1. Background and general information (ASME B31.3, foreword, introduction, and chapter I) -- 2. Organization of ASME B31.3 -- 3. Design conditions and criteria (ASME B31.3, chapter II, parts 1 and 6) -- 4. Pressure design (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 2) -- 5. Limitations on components and joints (ASME B31.3, chapter II, parts 3 and 4) -- 6. Design for sustained and occasional loads (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 1) -- 7. Design criteria for thermal stress (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 1) -- 8. Flexibility analysis (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 5) -- 9. Supports (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 5) -- 10. Load limits for attached equipment -- 11. Requirements for materials (ASME B31.3, chapter III) -- 12. Fabrication, assembly, and erection (ASME B31.3, chapter V) -- 13. Examination (ASME B31.3, chapter VI) -- 14. Pressure testing (ASME B31.3, chapter VI) -- 15. Nonmetallic piping (ASME B31.3, chapter VII) -- 16. Category M piping (ASME B31.3, chapter VIII) -- 17. High-pressure piping (ASME B31.3, chapter IX) -- 18. Bellows expansion joints (ASME B31.3, appendix X) -- Appendix I : useful information for pressure design -- Appendix II : guidelines for computer flexibility analysis -- Appendix III : useful information for flexibility analysis -- Appendix IV : expansion joint guide -- Appendix V : conversion factors.
Abstract:
Provides background information, historical perspective, and expert commentary on the ASME B31.3 Code requirements for process piping design and construction. It provides the most complete coverage of the Code that is available today and is packed with additional information useful to those responsible for the design and mechanical integrity of process piping.
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