Pipeline rules of thumb handbook : a manual of quick, accurate solutions to everyday pipeline engineering problems / E.W. McAllister, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McAllister, E. W., editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pipelines--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pipelines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 791 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

Eighth edition.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA : Gulf Professional Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presented in easy-to-use, step-by-step order, Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook is a quick reference for day-to-day pipeline operations. For more than 35 years, the Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook has served as the ""go-to"" reference for solving even the most day-to-day vexing pipeline workflow problems. Now in its 8th edition, this handbook continues to set the standard by which all other piping books are judged. Along with over 30% new or updated material regarding codes, construction processes, and equipment, this book continues to offer hundreds of ""how-to"" methods and handy formulas

Contents:

Front Cover; Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook: A Manual of Quick, Accurate Solutions to Everyday Pipeline Engineering Problems; Copyright; Contents; 1: General Information; Basic Formulas; Mathematics-areas; Mathematics-surfaces and volumes; Rules of exponents; Recommended drill sizes for self-tapping screws; Determine pulley speed; Calculate volume in horizontal storage tank with ellipsoidal or hemispherical heads; ASTM standard reinforcing bars; Pressure rating for carbon steel flanges; Cables and Ropes; Estimating strength of cable; Find the working strength of Manila rope

How large should drums and sheaves be for various types of wire rope?Find advantages of block and tackle, taking into account pull out friction; Safe loads for wire rope; Stress in guy wires; Strength and weight of popular wire rope; Measuring the diameter of wire rope; Wire rope: field troubles and their causes; Capacity of drums; Belts and Shafts; Determine length of a V-belt; Calculate stress in shaft key; Calculate V-belt length using simple equation; Estimate the horsepower that can be transmitted by a shaft; Miscellaneous; How to estimate length of material contained in roll

Convenient antifreeze chart for winterizing cooling systems How to determine glycol requirements to bring a system to a desired temperature protection level; Weight in pounds of round steel shafting; Properties of shafting; Tap drills and clearance drills for machine screws; Common nails; Drill sizes for pipe taps; Carbon steel-color and approximate temperature; Bolting dimensions for flanges; Flange Bolt Tightening Sequence; Steel fitting dimensions; ANSI forged steel flanges; Trench shoring-minimum requirements; Reuniting separated mercury in thermometers; Typical wire resistance

How to cut odd-angle long radius elbows How to read land descriptions; Sample sections showing rectangular land descriptions, acreages, and distances; Size an air receiver for engine starting; Dimensions of hex nuts and hex jam nuts; Color codes for locating underground utilities; Approximate angle of repose for sloping sides of excavations; Wind chill chart; Pipeline Pigging; Sizing plates; Caliper pigging; Cleaning after construction; Flooding for hydrotest; Dewatering and drying; Pig Trap Design; Estimate volume of on-shore oil spill; Estimating spill volume on water; Fluid Power Formulas

2: Construction Project Scoping Data; Project scoping data worksheet for major facilities; Right-of-Way; How to determine the crop acreage included in a right-of-way strip; Clearing and grading right-of-way: labor/equipment considerations; Estimating man hours for removing trees; Estimating man hours for removing tree stumps; Clearing and grading right-of-way; Ditching; How many cubic yards of excavation in a mile of ditch?; Shrinkage and expansion of excavated and compacted soil; Ditching and trenching: labor/equipment considerations; Concrete Work

How to approximate sacks of cement needed to fill a form

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 28, 2013).

Previous edition: 2009.

ISBN:

9780123876942

012387694X

OCLC:

880744595