Becht Charles IV. Process Piping: The Complete Guide to ASME B31.3

Third Edition. ASME Press, 2009. 308 p. ISBN: 0-7918-0217-5This book 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.The author explains the principal intentions of the Code, covering the content of each of the Code's chapters. Book inserts cover special topics such as calculation of refractory lined pipe wall temperature, spring design, design for vibration, welding processes, bonding processes and expansion joint pressure thrust.
Appendices in the book include useful information for pressure design and flexibility analysis as well as guidelines for computer flexibility analysis and design of piping systems with expansion joints.List of Figures
List of Tables
Background and General Information
Organization of ASME B31.3
Design Conditions and Criteria
Pressure Design
Limitations on Components and Joints
Design for Sustained and Occasional Loads
Design Criteria for Thermal Stress
Flexibility Analysis
Supports
Load Limits for Attached Equipment
Requirements for Materials
Fabrication, Assembly, and Erection
Examination
Pressure Testing
Nonmetallic Piping
Category M Piping
High-Pressure Piping
Bellows Expansion Joints
Appendix: Useful Information for Pressure Design
Appendix: Guidelines for Computer Flexibility Analysis
Appendix: Useful Information for Flexibility Analysis
Appendix: Expansion Joint Guide
Appendix: Conversion Factors