Pressure vessels: The ASME code simplified - Hardcover

Chuse, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070108722 ISBN 13: 9780070108721

Publisher: See Description, 1977

Synopsis

NY 1977 Fifth Edition. ISBN 0-07-010872-2. 8vo., 233pp., illustrations, index, boards. Owner signed on the front blank. VG in VG DJ.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Chuse graduated from the Pennsylvania State Nautical School and served as an engineering officer in the Merchant Marine. He is currently a consultant for the construction and quality control of pressure valves and forensic engineer in the investigation specialist of nuclear power. Mr. Chuse was a qualified inspection specialist of nuclear power plant components as well as an Authorized Inspector of boilers and pressure vessels, with over forty years experience in quality assurance, quality control, and design relating to the ASME Boiler and pressure Vessel Code. He formerly served as consultant to the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors and was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers nuclear survey teams. During his forty-three year career, Mr. Chuse has published more than forty-five articles on pressure vessel design, fabrication, and quality control in engineering and industrial journals. His articles and books are widely used by pressure vessel fabricators, designers, and users. He has given lectures on quality control, welding procedure qualification, and pressure vessel design and fabrication for the American Welding Society as well as for utility and manufacturing engineering departments. Mr. Chuse is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Bryce E. Carson, Sr. holds a degree in Industrial Engineering Technology and is a licensed engineer in the State of New Jersey. He is currently Regional Manager Codes and Standards with the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. He holds a National Board Inspectors Commission, and is a qualified Authorized Nuclear Inspector Supervisor, Authorized Nuclear Inspector, Authorized Inspector Supervisor, and Authorized Inspector. Mr. Carson has extensive experience in the field, acting as an Authorized Inspector of boilers and pressure vessels in the Philadelphia city region, the Lead Authorized Nuclear Inspector at a large nuclear construction site, and as the Assistant Regional Manager International for Engineering Services in the Republic of Korea. He lectures widely, has published articles on ASME quality control systems, and has created a technical handbook/technical seminar for tank truck manufacturers and repair firms. Mr. Carson is a member of the American Society of Quality Control. He is also a Committee Member-at-Large sitting on the ASME Admissions Committee.

Review

``A useful addition to any ASME-code shop...This volume does what the title promises...The book is well-written and eminently readable.'' (Welding Design and Fabrication 1993-04-01)

Edition details

• Publisher: See Description
• Publication date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070108722
• ISBN 13: 9780070108721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 233