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SUBJECT GUIDE: PIPING AND PIPELINES

We’ve compiled a list of key texts on piping and pipeline engineering, covering topics such as process plant piping, piping design, offshore, corrosion, and inspection. Browse our selection of ebooks, online journals, online standards, and online conferences – simply click on the titles to log in with your IMechE account and download!

eBooks

Structural Mechanics and Design of Metal Pipes
A systematic approach for onshore and offshore pipelines

Spyros Karamanos

2023

Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook
A manual of quick, accurate solutions to everyday pipeline engineering problems

Mark J. Kaiser and E.W. McAllister

9th ed, 2021

Pipe Drafting and Design

Roy A. Parisher and Robert A. Rhea

4th ed, 2021

The Planning Guide to Piping Design

Richard Beale and Paul Bowers

2nd ed, 2018

Pipeline Valve Technology
A Practical Guide

Karan Sotoodeh

2022

Handbook of Oil and Gas Piping
A Practical and Comprehensive Guide

Murali Sambasivan and Sekar Gopal

2018

Process Plant Piping
Practical Guide to Fabrication, Installation, Inspection, Testing, and Commissioning

Sunil Pullarcot

2023

Mechanics of Offshore Pipelines
Volume 1: Buckling and Collapse

Stelios Kyriakides and Edmundo Corona

2023

Mechanics of Offshore Pipelines
Volume 2: Buckle Propagation and Arrest

Stelios Kyriakides and Liang-Hai Lee

2020

Pipe Flow
A Practical and Comprehensive Guide

Donald Rennels

2nd ed, 2022

Piping Engineering
Preventing Fugitive Emission in the Oil and Gas Industry

Karan Sotoodeh

2022

Corrosion Protection for the Oil and Gas Industry
Pipelines, Subsea Equipment, and Structures

Mavis Sika Okyere

2019

Pipeline Inspection and Health Monitoring Technology
The Key to Integrity Management

Hongfang Lu et al.

2023

Pipeline Integrity Handbook
Management and Risk Evaluation

Ramesh Singh

2nd ed. 2017

Online standards

ASME B31.1 2022 Power Piping

ASME B31.3 2022 Process Piping

ASME B31.4 2022 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries

ASME B31.8 2022 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems

ASME B31.9 2020 Building Services Piping

Access and search for these ASME standards on the ASME Standards database.

EN 13480 Metallic industrial piping standards

Access and search for “EN 13480” to access the standard in the SAI Global Database.

Online journals and conferences

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering

ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference series (PVP)

ASME International Pipeline Conference series (IPC)

Degradation Assessment and Failure Prevention of Pipeline Systems (2021)

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