Bibliography

AS 1210 : Code for Unfired Pressure Vessels

AS 1275 : Metric Screw Threads for Fasteners

AS 1548 : Steel Plates for Boilers and Unfired Pressure Vessels

AS 1835 : Seamless Steel Tubes for Pressure Purposes

AS 2129 : Flanges and Bolting for Pipes, Valves and Fitttings

HB1 : Technical Drawing for Students

Manufacturers' Information :

Heads, Rheem Australia Ltd

Size Schedules for Plates and Wide Slabs, The Broken Hill Pty Ltd

Sealing with Security, Richard Klinger Pty Ltd   - gasket materials

Further Reading (most design handbooks are too advanced for undergraduate work) :

Bednar HH, Pressure Vessel Design Handbook, Krieger 1991

BS 5500:1991 Unfired Fusion Welded Pressure Vessels, British Standards Institution 1991

Burr AH & Cheatham JB, Mechanical Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall 2ed 1995 - general introductory text includes some discussion on shells, etc

Childs P, 'Take the Guesswork out of Gaskets', CME, November 1981, 23-29

Flitney RK et al, The Seal User's Handbook, BHRA 1984 - gives an introduction to seals, both static (eg. gaskets) and dynamic (eg. face seals for rotating shafts)

Goodall PM ed, The Efficient Use of Steam, IPC Science & Technology Press 1980 - a very useful and readable general reference

Harvey JF, Theory and Design of Pressure Vessels, van Nostrand 1991

Hewitt GF ed, Hemisphere Handbook of Heat Exchanger Design, Taylor & Francis 1990

McKetta JJ ed, Piping Design Handbook, Dekker 1992

Moss DR, Pressure Vessel Design Manual, Gulf 1987

Nichols RW ed, Developments in Pressure Vessel Technology, vols 1-5, Applied Science 1979-87 - vol 5 is a useful commentary on world- wide codes

Singh K & Soler A, Mechanical Design of Heat Exchangers, Arcturus 1984

Sinnott RK, Chemical Engineering, vol 6, Pergamon 1985 - includes generally useful information on heat transfer equipment, pressure vessels, piping etc.

South DW & Mancuso JR ed, Mechanical Power Transmission Components, Dekker 1994 - useful overview of gaskets and shaft seals

Spence J & Tooth AS ed&, Pressure Vessel Design: Concepts & Principles, Spon 1994 - provides useful background to codes (UK particularly)

Stephens RI ed, STP 1250: Case Studies for Fatigue Education, ASTM 1994 - invaluable insight into practical application of fatigue/fracture techniques to a variety of components

Thompson G, An Engineer's Guide to Pipe Joints, PEP 1998 - a mainly descriptive introduction

Texts - more advanced classics - on shells, flat plates and the like :

Dym CL, Introduction to the Theory of Shells, Hemisphere 1990

Flügge W, Stresses in Shells, Springer- Verlag 1973

Ford H & Alexander JM, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Wiley 1977

Novozhilov VV, The Theory of Thin Shells, Goningen 1959

Timoshenko S & Woinowsky-Krieger S, Theory of Plates and Shells, McGraw Hill- Kogakusha 1959