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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McAllister, E. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pipelines--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pipelines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (762 p.)

Edition:

7th ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Gulf Professional, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

, this classic reference has built a reputation as the ?go to? book to solve even the most vexing pipeline problems. Now in its seventh edition, Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook continues to set the standard by which all others are judged. The 7th edition features over 30% new and updated sections, reflecting the exponential changes in the codes, construction and equipment since the sixth edition. The seventh edition includes: recommended drill sizes for self-tapping screws, new ASTM standard reinforcing bars, calculations for calculating grounding resistance, national Electrical Code tables,

Contents:

Front Cover; Pipeline Rules of Thumb; Copyright Paage; Contents; Chapter 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 frictionSafe 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 levelWeight 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; 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 distancesSize 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; Estimate volume of onshore oil spill; Estimating spill volume on water; Fluid Power Formulas; Chapter 2: Construction; Project Scoping Data

Project scoping data worksheet for major facilitiesRight-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 manhours for removing trees; Estimating manhours 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

What you should know about mixing and finishing concrete

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-25832-X

9786612258329

0-08-094943-6

OCLC:

430219779