Toc: Front Cover......Page 1PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN MANUAL......Page 4Copyright......Page 5Contents......Page 6Preface to the 4th Edition......Page 10Chapter 1 - General Topics......Page 12Stress Analysis......Page 13Stress/Failure Theories......Page 14Failures in Pressure Vessels......Page 18Loadings......Page 19Stress......Page 21Thermal Stresses......Page 24Discontinuity Stresses......Page 25Fatigue Analysis for Cyclic Service......Page 26Creep......Page 35Cryogenic Applications......Page 43Service Considerations......Page 45Items to be Included in a User's Design Specification (UDS) for ASME VIII-2 Vessels......Page 46References......Page 47Chapter 2 - General Design......Page 48Procedure 2-1: General Vessel Formulas [1,2]......Page 49Procedure 2-2: External Pressure Design......Page 53Procedure 2-3: Properties of Stiffening Rings......Page 62Procedure 2-4: Code Case 2286 [1,8,21]......Page 65Procedure 2-5: Design of Cones......Page 69Procedure 2-6: Design of Toriconical Transitions [1,3]......Page 78Procedure 2-7: Stresses in Heads Due to Internal Pressure [2,3]......Page 81Procedure 2-8: Design of Intermediate Heads [1,3]......Page 85Procedure 2-9: Design of Flat Heads [1,2,4,5,6]......Page 87Procedure 2-10: Design of Large Openings in Flat Heads [1]......Page 92Procedure 2-11: Calculate MAP, MAWP, and Test Pressures......Page 94Procedure 2-12: Nozzle Reinforcement......Page 96Procedure 2-14: Minimum Design Metal Temperature (MDMT)......Page 101Procedure 2-15: Buckling of Thin Wall Cylindrical Shells [21]......Page 106Procedure 2-16: Optimum Vessel Proportions [16-20]......Page 107Procedure 2-17: Estimating Weights of Vessels and Vessel Components......Page 113Procedure 2-18: Design of Jacketed Vessels......Page 135Procedure 2-19: Forming Strains/Fiber Elongation......Page 145References......Page 149Chapter 3 - Flange Design......Page 150Introduction......Page 151Procedure 3-1: Design of Flanges [1–4]......Page 159Procedure 3-2: Design of Spherically Dished Covers......Page 176Procedure 3-3: Design of Blind Flanges with Openings [1,4]......Page 178Procedure 3-4: Bolt Torque Required for Sealing Flanges [5–7]......Page 180Procedure 3-5: Design of Studding Outlets......Page 183Procedure 3-6: Reinforcement for Studding Outlets......Page 186Procedure 3-7: Studding Flanges......Page 187Procedure 3-8: Design of Elliptical, Internal Manways......Page 192Procedure 3-9: Through Nozzles......Page 193References......Page 194Chapter 4 - Design of Vessel Supports......Page 196Introduction: Support Structures......Page 197Procedure 4-1: Wind Design Per ASCE [1]......Page 200Procedure 4-2: Seismic Design – General......Page 210Procedure 4-3: Seismic Design for Vessels [2]......Page 215Procedure 4-4: Seismic Design – Vessel on Unbraced Legs [4–7]......Page 219Procedure 4-5: Seismic Design – Vessel on Braced Legs......Page 228Procedure 4-6: Seismic Design