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DEVELOPMENTS IN PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY - 3 R.W. Nichols (ed) 1980 Applied Science Publishers Price £29 This book is the third in the series intended to update the information provided in the 1970 edition of Pressure Vessel Engineering Technology, with the same editor and publisher. There are ten separate pepers written by different authors covering the choice of steels and fabrication techniques for pressure vessels and their components. Since the majority of pressure vessels are made from steel plate much of the metallurgy is naturally concerned with this type of material. As welding is by far the largest fabrication technique no fewer than six chapters are concerned with welding processes. Long term integrity of pressure vessels depends to some extent on the residual stresses left behind by the welding processes and other weld defects, and the reduction and elimination of these is the subject of the last two chapters. It cannot be said that the book makes light reading; the difference in style of the different authors would militate against this, even if they were not all concerned with the details of their technology, to such an extent that this is a book for the informed and relevant engineer, rather than the general reader, but this, after all, is what it is for. The index is remarkably slim for a book of more than 350 pages dealing with advanced technology in a particular field. It is remarkable that there are only two entries under 'G' two under 'O' one under 'K' and none
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under 'J'. One wonders how advanced the discussion on fracture toughness testing can be when there is apparently no mention of J curves. Crack opening displacement is only cursorily mentioned in one article. Regretably, one has to conclude that the book has fallen between the two main types of potential readers. The first type would be the person wishing to update himself in a general fashion on pressure vessel technology and, as has been said, he would find the presentation of the book in different sections, by different authors, with a certain amount of overlap, especially in the welding chapters, not easy to digest nor making enough concessions to this type of reader. The experienced practitioner, well versed in the problems of pressure vessel technology would probably not find sufficient meat or sufficiently new information in the book for him to wish to keep it on his shelf as a permanent means of reference. A final irritation is that although this volume III is concerned with materials and fabrication no indication is given on the cover of the subject of the first two volumes in this series. For the curious these are; Developments in Pressure Vessel Technology - 1 (Flaw Analysis); Developments in Pressure Vessel Technology 2 (Inspection and Testing). W.E.D. THE COMPONENT CONTRIBUTION ENGINE PROGRESS THROUGH THE SPECIALIST MANUFACTURERS Alan Baker London: Hutchinson Benham Price £7.50
Through Innovation" - May 4-7, 1981. Boston Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. For information contact:Society of Plastics Engineers, 14 Fairfield Drive Brook field Center Connecticut 06805 USA.
This book, in essence, is almost the entirely opposite to the previous one reviewed. It is by a single author and although there is a great deal of cataloguing it has quite a pleasant, informative style, and can be read without too much fatigue in two or three after dinner, or bedtime, sessions. It is a most useful introduction to the components of concern in the automobile industry and is, therefore, of value to someone wishing to acquaint himself with the complexity of components required in the modern internal combustion engine. There is perhaps, unfortunately, rather too much emphasis on the role of one particular group of suppliers to the UK industry and any member of the GKN family wishing to read the book should be warned that he will find some cause for irritation. This irritation would also be felt by those really knowledgeable in any particular component, because they would find rather more left out than included and would probably feel that the whole of their technology was so superficially presented as to appear far more easy than it really is. It is thus not a book for the specialist, not even for reference. It is a book, however, for somebody who is joining the automobile industry, or considering joining it, and wishes to get some flavour of the type of engineering and materials technology involved in what is probably the greatest industry of the 20th Century, being responsible as it is for some 20% of the world GNP. It can also be recommended for the non fiction shelf of most public libraries, from which it should fred a steady stream of readers. W.E.D.
MATERIALS IN ENGINEERING, Vol. 2, MARCH 1981
DEVELOPMENTS IN PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY - 3 R.W. Nichols (ed) 1980 Applied Science Publishers Price £29 This book is the third in the series intended to update the information provided in the 1970 edition of Pressure Vessel Engineering Technology, with the same editor and publisher. There are ten separate pepers written by different authors covering the choice of steels and fabrication techniques for pressure vessels and their components. Since the majority of pressure vessels are made from steel plate much of the metallurgy is naturally concerned with this type of material. As welding is by far the largest fabrication technique no fewer than six chapters are concerned with welding processes. Long term integrity of pressure vessels depends to some extent on the residual stresses left behind by the welding processes and other weld defects, and the reduction and elimination of these is the subject of the last two chapters. It cannot be said that the book makes light reading; the difference in style of the different authors would militate against this, even if they were not all concerned with the details of their technology, to such an extent that this is a book for the informed and relevant engineer, rather than the general reader, but this, after all, is what it is for. The index is remarkably slim for a book of more than 350 pages dealing with advanced technology in a particular field. It is remarkable that there are only two entries under 'G' two under 'O' one under 'K' and none
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under 'J'. One wonders how advanced the discussion on fracture toughness testing can be when there is apparently no mention of J curves. Crack opening displacement is only cursorily mentioned in one article. Regretably, one has to conclude that the book has fallen between the two main types of potential readers. The first type would be the person wishing to update himself in a general fashion on pressure vessel technology and, as has been said, he would find the presentation of the book in different sections, by different authors, with a certain amount of overlap, especially in the welding chapters, not easy to digest nor making enough concessions to this type of reader. The experienced practitioner, well versed in the problems of pressure vessel technology would probably not find sufficient meat or sufficiently new information in the book for him to wish to keep it on his shelf as a permanent means of reference. A final irritation is that although this volume III is concerned with materials and fabrication no indication is given on the cover of the subject of the first two volumes in this series. For the curious these are; Developments in Pressure Vessel Technology - 1 (Flaw Analysis); Developments in Pressure Vessel Technology 2 (Inspection and Testing). W.E.D. THE COMPONENT CONTRIBUTION ENGINE PROGRESS THROUGH THE SPECIALIST MANUFACTURERS Alan Baker London: Hutchinson Benham Price £7.50
Through Innovation" - May 4-7, 1981. Boston Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. For information contact:Society of Plastics Engineers, 14 Fairfield Drive Brook field Center Connecticut 06805 USA.
This book, in essence, is almost the entirely opposite to the previous one reviewed. It is by a single author and although there is a great deal of cataloguing it has quite a pleasant, informative style, and can be read without too much fatigue in two or three after dinner, or bedtime, sessions. It is a most useful introduction to the components of concern in the automobile industry and is, therefore, of value to someone wishing to acquaint himself with the complexity of components required in the modern internal combustion engine. There is perhaps, unfortunately, rather too much emphasis on the role of one particular group of suppliers to the UK industry and any member of the GKN family wishing to read the book should be warned that he will find some cause for irritation. This irritation would also be felt by those really knowledgeable in any particular component, because they would find rather more left out than included and would probably feel that the whole of their technology was so superficially presented as to appear far more easy than it really is. It is thus not a book for the specialist, not even for reference. It is a book, however, for somebody who is joining the automobile industry, or considering joining it, and wishes to get some flavour of the type of engineering and materials technology involved in what is probably the greatest industry of the 20th Century, being responsible as it is for some 20% of the world GNP. It can also be recommended for the non fiction shelf of most public libraries, from which it should fred a steady stream of readers. W.E.D.
MATERIALS IN ENGINEERING, Vol. 2, MARCH 1981