This encyclopedic volume covers almost every phase of piping design - presenting procedures in a straightforward way.; Written by 82 world experts in the field, the Piping Design Handbook: details the basic principles of piping design, explores pipeline shortcut methods in an in-depth manner and presents expanded rules of thumb for the piping design engineer.; Generously illustrated with over 1575 figures, display equations, and tables, the Piping Design Handbook is for chemical, mechanical, process, and equipment design engineers.