CONTINUING & CHANGING PRIORITIES OF ASME BOILER & PRESSURE VESSEL CODES AND STANDARDS

The present comprehensive work prepared by the recognized experts of ASME Codes and Standards organization. It is a standalone publication with the content significantly expanded and updated. The book has deservedly became very popular and greatly appreciated by both students of engineering and practicing engineers working in the relevant fields.

The content of the publication has been arranged in more than thirty chapters covering absolutely all important aspects. The book opens with a historical overview of the ASME Code Rules applicable to the accreditation and certification plus the related issues, while the second chapter has been devoted solely to the maintenance rule addressing purpose and scope, general requirements, existing standards/programs and their application, evaluation of systems that shall be removed from service, documentation etc. The third chapter is dealing with the pipe vibration testing and analysis.

The remaining chapters of this brilliant volume cover stress identification factors, flexibility factors, functionality and operability, cyclic loading and applicable sections of the Code, fluids, joints and connections, cyclic, impulse and impact loading, integrity and security of pipelines, seismic protection of piping under pressure, American transportation regulations for the radioactive materials, development of the decommissioning technology, valves, flanges, gaskets and fittings, license renewal... the list of the topics covered in this book is too long, just download the volume and have a look, this is a must-have for any engineer.