PIPING STRESS CALCULATIONS SIMPLIFIED by S. W. Spielvogel BYRNE ASSOCIATES, INC. FIFTH EDITION COPYRIGHT 1955 8. W. SPIELVOGEL, Lare Success, N. Y.PREFACE (ALCULATION of pipe stress under changing temperature conditions has heretofore been confined to engineers having an extensive background and working knowl- edge of calculus. In this brief presentation exact solutions have been worked out in arithmetical form so that the practical pipe designer-can refer to typical problems for both form and method of computation. ‘Methods for calculating expansion stresses in high-temperature power piping have been worked out in a number of ways by several investigators. Engineers engaged in this field have adopted one or another of these procedures, depending on personal preference or extent of theoretical background. Material in this text, applying to one such method, has been discussed in sufficient detail so that the mathematical theory can be traced from principle to actual calculation of typical problems. The relatively simple concepts are familiar to most men who have already been required to design piping. Others can acquire a working understanding of the methods presented in a short period of study. Once the basic methods are understood, the engineer can follow through the mathematical procedures at will. Fortunately, it is possible to strip these formulas to a point where the practical designer can recognize the results without need for following the detailed derivations. “This book is arranged in such a manner that one familiar with pipe caleulations can refer quickly to formulas or computations involved in any specific case without reviewing the theoretical background. Specific instructions not only facilitate com- putation but also reduce the probability of error through omission of some detail. Computation forms are arranged to permit sharing of labor on three-dimensional piping systems by allocating parts of the work toseveral persons, ‘The method is exact within slide-rule accuracy. Thorough understanding of the complex problems of elasticity, moments and forces, codified values, and varied methods of calculation can properly be restricted to the very few that have specialized in the field. ‘This book brings the ordinary layout problem well within the grasp of many who wish practical answers to immediate piping layouts. S. W. Sprenvocet. Lage Sccenss, N.Y,This edition incorporates the provisions of the 1955 American Standard Association Code for Pressure Piping. ‘The new Code recognizes the concept of "stress-range" as the criterion for the safety of piping systems. The problens of this edition therefore have been adjusted to conform to this concept a8 ell as to new stress values, elastic constants and coefficients of expansion as published in the Code. The mumerical examples take into account the now mandatory requirement of applying stress in tensification factors found to exist in components other than plain straight pipe.