An engineer's guide to pipe joints / Graham Tompson.

By: Thompson, Graham.

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BookPublisher: London : Professional Engineering Publishing, 1998Description: xii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1860580815.Subject(s): Pipe joints

DDC classification: 621.8672

Contents:

Introduction -- Pipe joint selection -- Metallic flanged joints with gaskets -- Gaskets -- Flanged joints without gaskets -- Malleable iron pipe fittings (screwed fittings) -- Couplings -- Welded metallic joints -- Plastic piping -- Joints in glass piping -- Joints in lined metallic piping -- Reliability.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Covering remarkable joints and permanent joints in most common metallic and non-metallic materials, this book offers a valuable selection tool for the professional engineer. An Engineer's Guide to Pipe Joints will be useful to all those involved in process, chemical, fluid and materials transport engineering as well as any engineer concerned with pipe work and joints as part of an installation.

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1. Introduction.

Chapter 2. Pipe joint selection.

Chapter 3. Metallic flanged joints with gaskets.

Chapter 4. Gaskets.

Chapter 5. Flanged joints without gaskets.

Chapter 6. Malleable iron pipe fittings (screwed fittings).

Chapter 7. Couplings.

Chapter 8. Welded metallic joints.

Chapter 9. Plastic piping.

Chapter 10. Joints in glass piping.

Chapter 11. Joints in lined metallic piping.

Chapter 12. Reliability.

References.

Appendices.

Bibliography.

Index.

Bibliography: p. 249 - Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Pipe joint selection
Chapter 3 Metallic flanged joints with gaskets
Chapter 4 Gaskets
Chapter 5 Flanged joints without gaskets
Chapter 6 Malleable iron pipe fittings (screwed fittings)
Chapter 7 Couplings
Chapter 8 Welded metallic joints
Chapter 9 Plastic piping
Chapter 10 Joints in glass piping
Chapter 11 Joints in lined metallic piping
Chapter 12 Reliability
References
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr. Graham Thompson MSc, PhD, CEng, FIMechE is an experienced author and researcher in plant equipment evaluation, design, maintainability, and reliability. He has published extensively in this field. He is a Vice Chairman of the Process Industries Board of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and is a member and past chairman of the Process Industries' Design Committee. He holds a Senior Lectureship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMIST, UK.