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ENGINEERS’ DATA BOOK A completely revised and expanded fourth edition of this best-selling pocket guide. Engineers’ Data Book provides a concise and useful source of up-to-date essential information for the student or practising engineer. Updated, expanded editionEasy to useHandy reference guideCore technical dataClifford Matthews is an experienced engineer with worldwide knowledge of mechanical engineering.

The API Individual Certification Programs (ICPs) are well established worldwide in the oil, gas, and petroleum industries. This Quick Guide is unique in providing simple, accessible and well-structured guidance for anyone studying the API 570 Certified Pipework Inspector syllabus by:Summarising and helping them through the syllabusProviding multiple example questions and worked answersTechnical standards covered include the full API 'body of knowledge' for the examination, i.e. API570 Piping inspection code; API RP 571 Damage mechanisms affecting fixed equipment in the refining industry; API RP 574 Inspection practices for piping system components; API RP 577 Welding and metallurgy; API RP 578 Material verification program for new and existing alloy piping systems; ASME V Non-destructive examination; ASME IX Welding qualifications; ASME B16.5 Pipe flanges and flanged fittings; and ASME B 31.3 Process piping.Provides simple, accessible and well-structured guidance for anyone studying the API 570 Certified Pipework Inspector syllabusSummarizes the syllabus and provides the user with multiple example questions and worked answersTechnical standards covered include the full API 'body of knowledge' for the examination

A Practical Guide to Engineering Failure Investigation has been written with the specific purpose of helping those involved in serious engineering failures. When mechanical plant fails, the technical, legal and contractual issues become very involved and complicated, and deciding causation can be difficult and prolonged. The principles and methodologies explained here will help engineers to link their technical knowledge to the commercial realities of working with insurers, loss adjusters and their representatives.This book is essential reading for consultants, expert witnesses and all engineers who may become involved in commercial failure investigations.CONTENTS INCLUDE: How to use this bookProfessional roles and responsibilitiesStrategy and tactics of failure investigationThe inspection visitDoing a design and operation appraisalMechanisms of failureDeciding causationHow to present your conclusionsInsurance investigations – deferring failure 'events' and proximate cause – subrogation.

This handy reference source, is a companion volume to the author’s Engineers’ Guide to Pressure Equipment. Heavily illustrated, and containing a wealth of useful data, it offers inspectors, engineers, operatives, and those maintaining engineering equipment a one stop everyday package of information. It will be particularly helpful in guiding users through the legislation that regulates this field. Legislation has very important implications for works inspection and in-service inspection of mechanical plant.An Engineers’ Guide to Rotating Equipment is packed with information, technical data, figures, tables and checklists. Details of relevant technical standards, the legislation and Accepted Codes of Practice (AcoPs) published by various bodies such as HSE and SAFed, are provided in addition to a number of website addresses and contact details. COMPLETE CONTENTS: Engineering fundamentalsBending, torsion, and stressMotion and dynamicsRotating machine fundamentals: Vibration, balancing, and noiseMachine elementsFluid mechanicsCentrifugal pumpsCompressors and turbocompressorsPrime moversDraught plantBasic mechanical designMaterials of constructionThe machinery directivesOrganisations and associations.

This comprehensive sister volume to Cliff Matthews’ highly successful Handbook of Mechanical Works Inspection gives a detailed coverage of pressure equipment and other mechanical plant such as cranes and rotating equipment. Key features: Accessible source of informationLavishly illustrated with numerous diagrams, photographs, and tablesA wealth of valuable informationDetailed, comprehensive coverageWritten in easily accessible styleA ‘must buy’ reference bookThe Handbook of Mechanical In-Service Inspection is a vital source of information for: plant owners and operators maintenance engineersinspection engineers from insurance companies and ‘competent bodies’ who perform in-service inspectionhealth and safety operativesengineers operating pressure systems and mechanical plantall those concerned with the safe and efficient operation of machinery, plant, and pressure equipment.All engineering pressure systems and other types of mechanical equipment must be installed, operated, and maintained properly. It must be safe and comply with standards, regulations, and guidelines.  In-service inspection is more formally controlled by statutory requirements than other types of inspection. The Handbook of Mechanical In-service Inspection puts a good deal of emphasis on the ‘compliance’ aspects and the ‘duty of care’ requirements placed on plant owners, operators, and inspectors.The book is suitable for those who operate pressure systems, lifting equipment, and similar mechanical plant are subject to rigorous inspection from external bodies as a matter of course. All operators have a duty to conduct in-service checks and internal inspection procedures to ensure the safe, reliable, and economic running of their equipment.

This indispensable book systematically guides you through Pressure Relief Valves and how they work. It shows how protective devices perform an important function in preventing the accumulation of overpressure that can result in failure and the uncontrolled release of stored energy. They are therefore categorised as safety critical items of engineering equipment. The book goes on to show that their design and testing is heavily controlled by published technical standards because many countries are covered by statutory legislation.The content of the book shows that service damage and degradation mechanisms are outlined for various applications – PRVs and bursting discs are used in a wide variety of process conditions, ranging from clean service to heavily corrosive process fluids. This results in a correspondingly large number of damage mechanisms that can prevent them from working if they are not inspected and tested correctly. Risk based inspection procedures are introduced in this book as a method of minimising the chances of failure, and therefore maintaining high levels of safety.This Quick Guide to Pressure Relief Valves is intended to provide easily accessible technical information for engineers and technicians involved in the operation, testing and maintenance of pressure systems. It also covers other types of protective devises such as bursting discs.