COMPANION GUIDE TO THE ASME BOILER & PRESSURE VESSEL CODE  Vol-1

COMPANION GUIDE TO THE ASME BOILER

& PRESSURE VESSEL AND PIPING CODES
Fourth Edition
Edited by K.R. Rao
This fourth edition of the “Companion Guide” of ASME Pressure
Vessel & Piping Codes has been updated to the current (2010)
Code Edition and (2011) Addenda. This edition has 38 chapters
authored by 49 experts who have considerably updated and
extensively re-written chapters, as well as provided entirely new
chapters.  Unlike the third edition, this fully updated and revised
fourth edition is a classic reference work in a convenient two-
volume format that focuses on all twelve sections of the ASME
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes, as well as relevant Piping
Codes and Standards.  
The first two volumes covering Code Sections I through XII COMPANION GUIDE TO THE
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technology and regulatory practices. Organizational Changes of
Boiler & Pressure Vessel Committees are included in the front
matter of both volumes of this publication. A unique feature of
this publication is the inclusion of all author biographies and an
introduction that synthesizes every chapter, along with an extensive
index including over 7500 individual terms. K. R. Rao BOILER & PRESSURE VESSEL CODE
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