I would suggest you use the Eng-tips search function on the tool bar above. I tried it typing the phrase "books on pressure vessels". This topic has been discussed.
Note that there are several "handbooks" which are primarily oriented towards giving design methods for stuff not covered by the code- which is probably NOT what you need. There are also a couple intended more as an intro the PV design.
ASME also has classes on PV design, if convenient for you.
Pressure Vessel Design and Practice by CRC
Process Equipment Design Brownell & young
ASME VIII Code fpor Pressure Vessels
AS1210 Australian Code foressure Vessels
BS5500 British Code for Pressure Vessels
Then there are the myriad of FRP/GRP design manuals for non metallic pressure vessels.
API RP 510, Second Edition
"Inspection, Rating and Repair of Pressure Vessels in Petroleum Refinery Ser-vice"
American Petroleum Institute
Division of Refining
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
September 1970
ASCE 7-88 (Formerly ANSI A58.1)
"Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures"
American Society of Civil Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017-2398
ASCE 7-93 (Revision of ANSI/ASCE 7-88)
"Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures"
American Society of Civil Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017-2398
ASME Section VIII Division 1
"Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels"
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
ASME/ANSI B16.5-1988 Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
American National Standard, 1988
ANSI/ASME B36.10M/1985 Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
American National Standard, 1985
ASME B16.47 - 1990 Large Diameter Steel Flanges
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
American National Standard, 1990
Henry H. Bednar, P.E.
Pressure Vessel Design Handbook, Second Edition
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
115 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
COMPRESS uses the method presented in Bednar, Chapter 8.6 for calculating the discontinuity stress at cone to cylinder junctures. This method is based on Ref. 26-3 (below).
E.O. Bergman
"The Design of Vertical Pressure Vessels Subjected to Applied Forces"
Paper No. 54 - A-104
ASME Transactions, 1955
Alhambra, California
H.C. Boardman
Pressure Vessel and Piping Design, Collected Papers
"Stresses at Junction of Cone and Cylinder in Tanks with Cone Bottoms or Ends"
ASME, New York, NY, 1960
L.E. Brownell and E.H. Young
Process Equipment Design
John Wiley & Sons
605 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10158-0012
Chapter 10 of Brownell & Young is used as the basis for designing vessel base rings, anchor bolts etc.
Bulletin 107, March 1979 revision
"Local Stresses in Spherical and Cylindrical Shells Due to External Loadings"
Welding Research Council
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
The WRC Bulletin 107 paper is used to calculate the stresses due to external loadings on shell attachments. Note that the March 1979 revision is used. The March 1979 revision contains a number of changes which will generally produce a more conservative analysis when compared with previous WRC107 revisions.
C.E. Freese
Transactions of the ASME
"Vibration of Vertical Pressure Vessels"
February, 1959
This paper by C.E. Freese provides the basis for calculating the deflection and fundamental period of vibration for vertical vessels and towers.
K.R. Wichman, A.G. Hopper and J.L. Mershion
Maan H. Jawad & James R. Farr
Structural Analysis & Design Of Process Equipment, Second Edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
605 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10158-0012
The method used by COMPRESS to calculate the combined effect of external pressure plus bending moments is taken from Chapter 16.6 of this text.
The COMPRESS calculation procedure for sizing anchor bolts and base rings is based on the method presented in Chapter 12.2 of this text.
K. C. Karamchandani, N. K. Gupta, J. Pattabiraman
"Evaluation of Percent Critical Damping of Process Towers"
Hydrocarbon Processing, May 1982
Manual of Steel Construction Allowable Stress Design
Ninth Edition
American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc.
1 East Wacker Drive, Suite 3100
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Dennis R. Moss
Pressure Vessel Design Manual, Second Edition
Gulf Publishing Company
P.O. Box 2608
Houston, TX 77252-2608
1997
E. F. Megysey
Pressure Vessel Handbook
Pressure Vessel Handbook Publishing Inc.
P.O. Box 35365
Tulsa, OK 74153
National Building Code of Canada 1990
First Revisions and Errata
Associate Committee on the National Building Code
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa
January 1991
Supplement to the National Building Code of Canada 1990
Associate Committee on the National Building Code
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa
January 1991
P. Sachs
"Wind Forces in Engineering "
Pergamon Press
New York, 1972
Ong Lin Seng
"Effectiveness of Wear Plate at the Saddle Support"
ASME Transactions, Vol. 114, 1992
Nanyang Technological University,
School of Mechanical and Production Engineering,
Singapore
Uniform Building Code 1994, Volume 2
"Structural Engineering Design Provisions"
International Conference of Building Officials
5360 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601 - 2298
Uniform Building Code 1991
International Conference of Building Officials
5360 South Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
L.P. Zick
The Welding Research Supplement, 1971
"Stresses in Large Horizontal Cylindrical Pressure Vessels on two Saddle Sup-ports"
Isthill provided a very comprehensive list, lots of good choices in there. I like his picks on Megyesy and Bednar both, very practical and useful books. Megyesy was recommended as a text book when I was in school, I've been using it for years. Keep in mind that these 2 particular books are not Codes, but are excellent reference material for day to day use. Welcome to the industry!
