K. R. Rao

Gebundenes Buch

Global Applications of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code

Beschreibung

his publication follows the phenomenal success of not only the four editions of the Companion Guide to the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code published by ASME Press, but also two related updated volumes. Thus, this is the third book that is also a "standalone-publication," addressing Global Applications of the ASME B&PV Code. This book not only updates information of 16 chapters of the third volume of the third edition of the Companion Guide, but has additional 5 chapters selected for their unique features of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes used internationally. This book has five parts addressing Global Applications of ASME B&PV Codes and Standards: Part 1: North America and Western Europe which includes Canada, France, UK, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Finland in addition to the Pressure Equipment Directive of the European Union Countries. Part 2: Central and Eastern Europe includes Russian, Czech and Slovakian Codes and Hungary. Part 3: South Africa. Part 4: Asia including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India and China. Part 5: Special Topics is addressed by ASME Code experts to cover in four chapters: (i) Global Harmonization of Nuclear Codes and Standards; (ii) Global Flaw Modelling Characteristics; (iii) AREVA's perspective of spent fuel storage in a "A Case Study of Dry Storage System for Used Nuclear Fuel; and finally in last chapter (iv) Has three parts in "Utilities' perspective of spent fuel storage" - the first one is covers ENTERGY, the second part Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and the last part has Ontario Hydro's experiences. Thus different perspectives of the Spent Fuel Storage which are critical to the continuation of nuclear industry are addressed by various experts in this chapter.

Autor

K. R. Rao received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque in 1966. He is now working as a professor of electrical engineering in the University of Texas at Arlington, (UTA) Texas. He has published (co-authored) 19 books, some of which have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Russian. Also as e-books and paper back (Asian) editions. He has supervised 113 Masters and 31 doctoral students. He has published extensively and conducted tutorials/workshops worldwide. He has been a visiting professor in National university of Singapore and electronics and telecommunications research institute (ETRI), Taejon, Korea. He has been a keynote speaker in many national and international conferences. He has been a consultant to academia, industry and research institutes. He has been an external examiner for several M.S. and Ph.D. students worldwide. He has been a reviewer of research proposals from Brazil, China, India, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and US. He was invited to review applications for recruitment and/or promotion of faculty in various Universities (US and abroad). He is an IEEE Fellow. He has been a member of the academy of distinguished scholars, UTA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ASME Press
• Seitenzahl: 508
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1525g
• ISBN-13: 9780791861073
• ISBN-10: 0791861074
• Artikelnr.: 44826177