Below mentioned are some important literatures available on pressure vessel design and fabrication. These books can be either bought or referred online.
- Title: Process equipment Design
Authors: Lloyd E. Brownell, Edwin H. Young
- Title: Pressure Vessel Design Handbook
Author: Henry H. Bednar
- Title: Structural Analysis and Design of Process Equipment
Authors: Maan H. Jawad, James R. Farr
- Title: Design of Process Equipment (Selected Topics)
Author: Kanti K. Mahajan
- Title: Theory and Design of Pressure Vessels
Author: John F. Harvey
- Title: Pressure Vessel Design Manual
Authors: Dennis R. Moss, Michael Basic
- Title: Pressure Vessel Handbook
Author: Eugene F. Megyesy
- Title: Practical Guide to Pressure Vessel Manufacturing
Author: Sunil Pullarcot
These books would be of help for people starting out into the pressure vessel industry and also to experienced engineers. These books have be an effort of many years of hard work and industrial experience by the authors, assisting researchers and industries involved in research and development groundwork, which has been summed up in a few pages.
These books help understanding what pressure vessels are, how they are fabricated, stress theories, types of failure and so on. These will in turn help understanding how code e.g. ASME Section VIII Div 1, based design calculation were developed and their significance with respect to material selection, joint efficiency, supplementary loading conditions, corrosion allowances, factor of safety etc.
The readers are advised to go through the introduction pages of the above mentioned books to better understand whom the book is intended for and what it contains.
Pressure Vessel guide 