Preface to the Third Edition xv Preface to the Second Edition xvii Preface to the First Edition xix Acknowledgements xxi Part I Background and Basic Considerations 1 1 History and Organization of Codes 4 2 Selection of Vessel, Specifications, Reports, and Allowable Stresses 10 3 Strength Theories, Design Criteria, and Design Equations 18 4 Materials of Construction 26 Part II Analysis of Components 53 5 Stress in Cylindrical Shells 56 6 Analysis of Formed Heads and Transition Sections 84 7 Stress in Flat Plates 102 Part III Design of Components 111 8 Design of Cylindrical Shells 114 9 Design of Formed Heads and Transition Sections 136 10 Blind Flanges, Cover Plates, and Flanges 150 11 Openings, Nozzles, and External Loadings 188 12 Vessel Supports 234 Part IV Theory and Design of Special Equipment 251 13 Flat-Bottom Tanks 254 14 Heat-Transfer Equipment 276 15 Vessels for High Pressures 308 16 Tall Vessels 320 17 Vessels of Noncircular Cross Section 344 18 Power Boilers 366 References 373 A Guide to ASME Code 375 B Sample of Heat-Exchanger Specification Sheet 383 C Sample of API Specification Sheets 387 D Sample of Pressure Vessel Design Data Sheets 393 E Sample Materials for Process Equipment 407 F Required Data for Material Approval in the ASME Code 411 G Procedure for Providing Data for Code Charts for External-Pressure Design 413 H Corrosion Charts 415 I Various ASME Design Equations 431 J Joint Efficiency Factors 433 K Simplified Curves for External Loading on Cylindrical Shells 445 L Conversion Tables 453 Index 455
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