Bob Wilson is a practicing piping design engineer. For more than 40 years he has been involved with the drafting, design, stress analysis, layout, support and construction of piping systems, working with petrochemical, power, steel, mining & processing companies in North America, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. Mr. Wilson is a member of the ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code Sub Group on Design. He is a former engineering professor at Sheridan College in Canada and currently teaches piping design and engineering courses for ASME. This book is currently used as a textbook for a number of the piping courses taught by Mr. Wilson.