By Charles Becht IV

AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER OR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD (PDF)EDITIONS.

Fully updated for the 2008 Edition of the ASME B31.3 Code, thisthird edition provides background information, historicalperspective, and expert commentary on the ASME B31.3 Coderequirements for process piping design and construction.  Itprovides the most complete coverage of the Code that is availabletoday and is packed with additional information useful to thoseresponsible for the design and mechanical integrity of processpiping.   The author is a long-serving member, andpresent Chairman, of the ASME B31.3, Process Piping Codecommittee.

Dr. Becht explains the principal intentions of the Code,covering the content of each of the Code’s chapters.  Bookinserts cover special topics such as calculation of refractorylined pipe wall temperature, spring design, design for vibration,welding processes, bonding processes and expansion joint pressurethrust..  Appendices in the book include useful informationfor pressure design and flexibility analysis as well as guidelinesfor computer flexibility analysis and design of piping systems withexpansion joints. From the new designer wanting to know how to sizea pipe wall thickness or design a spring to the expert pipingengineer wanting to understand some nuance or intent of the Code,everyone whose career involves process piping will find this to bea valuable reference.