This fully updated second edition covers every major aspect of pressure vessel design and provides up-to-date specifications given in ASME, ASCE, UBC, and AISC codes. The well-respected manual offers page after page of fully illustrated, step-by-step procedures. Many of the 45 design procedures have been updated and expanded to incorporate the broadest range of design cases, provide the maximum flexibility, supply more detail, and handle a greater variety of problems.

These easy-to-follow procedures have been developed and proven using actual design problems. This easy-to-use reference helps designers and engineers solve virtually every design problem pressure vessel engineers encounter.