This considerably extended and revised new edition of the FDBR - Dictionary of Pressure Vessel and Piping Technology is an evaluation of the technical terms found in the latest editions of the American and British regulations, technical rules, standards, and specifications, such as ANSI, API, ASME, BSI, EJMA, MSS, TEMA as well as European Standards, the terminology of comparable German regulations, rules and standards together with the essential literature and information brochures of numerous manufacturers.

This dictionary which was supplemented by 4,000 terms now contains more than 16,000 terms and numerous explanations to the various technical fields such as:

• pressure vessels
  
• columns
  
• tanks
  
• heat exchangers
  
• vales
  
• bursting disc devices
  
• steam traps
  
• piping technology strength calculation
  
• materials
  
• welding
  
• destructive and non-destructive examinations
  
• quality management
  
• testing and inspection
  
• thermal and fluids engineering.
  

Due to the numerous comprehensive and detailed explanations the dictionary's encyclopedic quality is underlined.