Process piping : [electronic resource] the complete guide to ASME B31.3 / Charles Becht IV

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-278) and index

Background and general information (ASME B31.3, foreword, introduction, and chapter I) -- Organization of ASME B31.3 -- Design conditions and criteria (ASME B31.3, chapter II, parts 1 and 6) -- Pressure design (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 2) -- Limitations on components and joints (ASME B31.3, chapter II, parts 3 and 4) -- Design for sustained and occasional loads (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 1) -- Design criteria for thermal stress (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 1) -- Flexibility analysis (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 5) -- Supports (ASME B31.3, chapter II, part 5) -- Load limits for attached equipment -- Requirements for materials (ASME B31.3, chapter III) -- Fabrication, assembly, and erection (ASME B31.3, chapter V) -- Examination (ASME B31.3, chapter VI) -- Pressure testing (ASME B31.3, chapter VI) -- Nonmetallic piping (ASME B31.3, chapter VII) -- Category M piping (ASME B31.3, chaptger VIII) -- High-pressure piping (ASME B31.3, chapter IX) -- Bellows expansion joints (ASME B31.3, appendix X) -- Appendix I : useful information for pressure design -- Appendix II : guidelines for computer flexibility analysis -- Appendix III : useful information for flexibility analysis -- Appendix IV : expansion joint guide -- Appendix V : conversion factors