"Piping Hanbook" - 7th ed. October 1999 Nayyar, Mohinder L. McGraw-Hill Professional 2256 pages, hardcover. ISBN-10: 0070471061 .... ISBN-13: 978-0070471061 Contents: How to Use This Handbook • Part A: Piping Fundamentals • Part B: Generic Design Considerations • Part C: Piping Systems Part D: Nonmetallic Piping • Part E: Appendices

"Process Piping: The Complete Guide to Asme B31.3" - 2nd Edition, July 2004 Charles Becht American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 283 pages, hardcover. ISBN-10: 0791802175 ..... ISBN-13: 978-0791802175 Contents: Introduction • Background and General Information • Design Conditions and Criteria • Pressure Design • Limitations on Components and Joints • Design for Sustained and Occasional Loads • Design Criteria for Thermal Stress • Flexibility Analysis • Supports • Load Limits for Attached Equipment • Requirements for Materials • Fabrication, Assembly, and Erection • Examination • Pressure Testing • Nonmetallic Piping • Category M Piping • High-Pressure Piping • Bellows Expansion Joints • Apendixes • References • Index

"CASTI Guide to Asme B31.3: Process Piping" - 4th Ed December 2006 Glynn Woods, Roy Baguley Casti Pub 384 pages, soft cover. ISBN: 1-894038-86-X Contents: Chapter 1 - History and Scope of Piping and Pressure Vessel Codes • Chapter 2 - Piping Fundamentals • Chapter 3 - Design Conditions • Chapter 4 - Piping Design • Chapter 5 - Component Design • Chapter 6 - Flexibility Analysis of Piping Systems • Chapter 7 - Piping for Category M Fluid Service • Chapter 8 - High Pressure Piping • Chapter 9 - B31.3 Listed Materials • Chapter 10 - Materials Requirements • Chapter 11 - Material Selection • Chapter 12 - Fabrication, Assembly, and Erection • Chapter 13 - Welding • Chapter 14 - Inspection and Examination • Chapter 15 - Testing • Chapter 16 - Piping Failures and Causes • Appendix 1 - AWS Specification Titles, Classification Examples, and Explanation • Appendix 2 - Engineering Data • Appendix 3 - Expansion Coefficients for Metals • Appendix 4 - Simplified Stress Calculation Methods • Appendix 5 - Pipe Size and Pressure Class for Metric Conversion • Appendix 6 - 2004 ASME B31.3 Interpretations • Subject Index • Code Paragraph Index • Interpretations Index

"Process Piping Design volume I" - April 1989 Rip Weaver Gulf Publishing Co 166 pages, soft cover. ISBN-10: 0872017591 .... ISBN-13: 978-0872017597 Contents: General Piping • Process Terms • Plant Arrangement and Storage Tanks • Process Unit Plot Plans • Piping Systems and Details • Pipe Fabrication • Vessels • Instrumentation • Appendix on Conversions

"Process Piping Design volume II" - April 1989 Rip Weaver Gulf Publishing Co 166 pages, soft cover. ISBN-10: 0872019942 .... ISBN-13: 9780872019942 Contents: Pumps and Turbines • Compressors • Fired Heaters • Exchangers • Pipe Flexibility

"The Fundamentals of Piping Design " - April 2007 Peter Smith Gulf Publishing Co 262 pages, hardcover. ISBN: 9781933762043 Contents: List of Figures • List of Tables • Foreword • Preface • 1 Piping Codes, Standards, and Specifications • 1.1 Introduction • 1.2 Definitions • 1.3 Codes • 1.4 Standards and Specifications • 2 Piping Components • 2.1 Introduction to Piping Components • 2.3 Pipe Fittings • 2.4 Valves • 2.5 Bolts and Gaskets (Fasteners and Sealing Elements) • 3 Metallic Materials for Piping Components • 3.1 Properties of Piping Materials • 3.2 Metallic Materials • 3.3 Alloying of Steel • 3.4 Types of Steel • 3.5 Steel Heat-Treating Methods • 3.6 Nonferrous Metals in Alloying • 3.7 Material Specifications • 4 Roles and Responsibilities • 4.1 The Lead Piping Engineer • 4.2 Piping Materials Engineering Group • 4.3 Piping Design Group • 4.4 Piping Materials Control Group • 4.5 Piping Stress Engineering Group • 4.6 Other Engineering Disciplines Involved • 5 Projects • 5.1 Project Types • 5.2 Project Phases • 6 Fabrication, Assembly, and Erection • 6.1 Codes and Standards Considerations • 6.2 Fabrication Materials for Piping Systems • 6.3 Fabrication Drawings • 6.4 Fabrication Activities • 6.5 Welding • 6.6 Brazing and Soldering • Protection of Carbon Steel in Corrosive Services • 6.8 Assembly and Erection • 7 Inspection and Testing • 7.1 Piping Codes • 7.2 Types of Examination • 7.3 Testing of Piping Systems • 7.4 Leak-Testing Methods • 7.5 Choice of Testing Medium • 7.6 Test Pack • 7.7 Punch List • A Listed Material • B General Engineering Data • Index

"Design of Piping Systems" - June 1964 M. W. Kellogg Company John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 385 pages, hardcover. ISBN-10: 0471467952 .... ISBN-13: 978-0471467953