Structural Analysis and Design of Process Equipment

Maan H. Jawad, PhD, PE, ASME Life Fellow, is active on several technical committees of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers related to boilers and pressure vessels since 1972. He is President of his own engineering consulting firm and was formerly Director of Engineering of Nooter Corporation. He is the author of Guide to the Design of ASME Section VIII Pressure Vessels, now in its fourth edition. James R. Farr - Deceased - was Manager of Codes and Regulation at the Babcock and Wilcox Company, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is a graduate of Purdue University and served on numerous National and International Committees on pressure vessels.

BACKGROUND AND BASIC CONSIDERATIONS. History and Organization of Codes. Selection of Vessel, Specifications, Reports, and Allowable Stresses. Strength Theories, Design Criteria, and Design Equations. Materials of Construction. ANALYSIS OF COMPONENTS. Stress in Cylindrical Shells. Analysis of Formed Heads and Transition Sections. Stress in Flat Plates. DESIGN OF COMPONENTS. Design of Cylindrical Shells. Design of Formed Heads and Transition Sections. Blind Flanges, Cover Plates, and Flanges. Openings, Nozzles, and External Loadings. Vessel Supports. THEORY AND DESIGN OF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. Flat-Bottom Tanks. Vessels for High Pressures. Tall Vessels. Vessels of Noncircular Cross Section. Power Boilers. References. Bibliography. Appendices. Index.