Piping and Pipeline Calculations Manual

"This monograph serves as a guide to the principle intentions of the piping systems codes or standards and provides advice on compliance. The author demonstrates a clear understanding of how piping fail and what the code systems requires the designer, manufacturer, fabricator, supplier, erector, examiner, inspector, and owner to do to prevent such failures. The focus of the book is to enhance participants' understanding and application of the spirit of the code or standard and form a plan for compliance. The book is enhanced by a multitude of calculations to assist in problem solving, directly applying the rules and equations for specific design and operating conditions to illustrate correct applications." --MCEER

J. Phillip Ellenberger, P.E., retired as Vice President of Engineering at WFI International (a division of Bonney Forge ) in Houston, Texas, a design and manufacturing firm specializing in machined branch connections. He is a life member of ASME, for which he serves on several codes and standards committees. He is active with the B16 F & C subcommittees, the B31.3 design task group, and the B31 mechanical design and fabrication committee. Mr. Ellenberger is also the MSS Chairman of the Coordinating Committee and Committee 113, and IS member of WG 10 SC67. He has taught piping stress analysis at the University of Houston, and numerous professional seminars on B31.3 and related topics.

Chapter 1: Major Codes and Standards?Chapter 2: Metric versus U.S. Customary Measurement?Chapter 3: Selection and Use of Pipeline Materials?Chapter 4: Piping and Pipeline Sizing, Friction Losses, and Flow Calculations?Chapter 5: Piping and Pipeline Pressure Thickness Integrity Calculations?Chapter 6: Straight Pipe, Curved Pipe, and Intersection Calculations?Chapter 7: Piping Flexibility, Reactions, and Sustained Thermal CalculationsChapter 8: Pipe-Supporting Elements and Methods Calculations?Chapter 9: Specialty Components?Chapter 10: High-Frequency versus Low-Frequency Vibration Calculations?Chapter 11: Occasional Loads Calculations?Chapter 12: Slug Flow and Fluid Transients Calculations?Chapter 13: Fabrication and Examination Elements Calculations?Chapter 14: Valves and Flow Control Calculations?