Piping and pipeline calculations manual : construction, design fabrication and examination / J. Phillip Ellenberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellenberger, J. Phillip.

Contributor:

McCombs, Ken.

Freeland, Jeff.

Natarajan, Mohana.

Limbert, Matthew.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pipelines--Design and construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pipelines.

Piping--Design and construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Piping.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Piping and Pipeline Calculations Manual, Second Edition provides engineers and designers with a quick reference guide to calculations, codes, and standards applicable to piping systems. The book considers in one handy reference the multitude of pipes, flanges, supports, gaskets, bolts, valves, strainers, flexibles, and expansion joints that make up these often complex systems. It uses hundreds of calculations and examples based on the author's 40 years of experiences as both an engineer and instructor. Each example demonstrates how the code and standard has been correctly and incorre

Contents:

Front Cover; Piping and Pipeline Calculations Manual: Construction, Design Fabricationand Examination; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; Chapter 1 - Major Codes and Standards; OVERVIEW; STRUCTURE OF CODES; CODE CATEGORIES; Chapter 2 - Metric versus U.S. Customary Measurement; OVERVIEW; HARD VERSUS SOFT METRIC CONVERSION; SI SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT; METHODS OF CONVERSION FROM ONE SYSTEM TO THE OTHER; CHALLENGES FOR CONVERTING FROM ONE SYSTEM TO THE OTHER; Chapter 3 - Selection and Use of Pipeline Materials; OVERVIEW

SELECTION OF MATERIALSASTM AND OTHER MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS; LISTED AND UNLISTED MATERIALS; ALLOWED STRESS CRITERIA FOR TIME-DEPENDENT STRESSES; STRESS CRITERIA FOR NONMETALS; CORROSION AND OTHER FACTORS; Chapter 4 - Piping and Pipeline Sizing, Friction Losses, and Flow Calculations; OVERVIEW; FLUID MECHANICS CLASSES; VISCOSITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; FRICTION FACTOR; EQUIVALENT PIPE LENGTHS; HYDRAULIC RADIUS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PIPE SIZING; Chapter 5 - Piping and Pipeline Pressure Thickness Integrity Calculations; OVERVIEW; BASIC WALL THICKNESS CALCULATIONS; BASIC CODE EQUATIONS

PIPE TURNS OR BENDSMITER BENDS; EXTERNAL PRESSURE; Chapter 6 - Straight Pipe, Curved Pipe, and Intersection Calculations; OVERVIEW; CODE STANDARDS; ASME STANDARDS; Chapter 7 - Piping Flexibility, Reactions, and Sustained Thermal Calculations; OVERVIEW; EXPANSION AND STRESS RANGE; FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS; LINEAR EXPANSION DUE TO HEAT; REQUIRED FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS; SIF DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY AND B31-J; Chapter 8 - Pipe Support Elements, Methods, and Calculations; OVERVIEW; SUPPORT DESIGN; NONRIGID HANGERS; RISER SUPPORT; Chapter 9 - Specialty Components; EXPANSION JOINTS; ANCHOR FLANGES

BLOCKS FOR ANCHOR FLANGESChapter 10 - High-Frequency versus Low-Frequency Vibration Calculations; OVERVIEW; SEVERE CYCLIC SERVICE; TYPES OF VIBRATION; WORKING WITH VIBRATION; VIBRATION SEVERITY; Chapter 11 - Occasional Loads Calculations; EARTHQUAKE OCCASIONAL LOADS; ICE AND SNOW OCCASIONAL LOADS; WIND OCCASIONAL LOADS; REACTIONS; Chapter 12 - Slug Flow and Fluid Transients Calculations; OVERVIEW; WATER HAMMER; SLUG FLOW; OTHER TRANSIENTS; Chapter 13 - Fabrication and Examination Elements Calculations; OVERVIEW; HYDROTEST; PNEUMATIC TESTING; DISSIMILAR METAL WELDS; CORROSION ASSESSMENT

PIPE DENTING OR FLATTENINGBENDING NON STANDARD RADII; Chapter 14 - Valves and Flow Control Calculations; OVERVIEW; CLOSURE TESTS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; OTHER VALVE ISSUES; APPENDIX; CONTENTS OF APPENDIX; COMPANY IDENTITY; BURST TEST PRESSURE CALCULATIONS; I. PURPOSE; II. CALCULATIONS; III. HEAT CODE DESCRIPTION OF THE FITTINGS AND PIPE; IV. FITTING QUALIFICATIONS (BASED ON THE BRANCH); V. MINIMUM SPECIFIED PROPERTIES OF THE PIPE; VI. ACTUAL PROPERTIES AND REQUIRED PRESSURES; VII. SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 13, 2014).

ISBN:

9780124169685

0124169686

OCLC:

870333256