Foreword
Section 1 - General
Section 2 - Materials
Section 3 - Design
Section 4 - Manufacture and workmanship
Section 5 - Inspection and testing
Annexes
Annex A - Requirements for design where loadings
          and components are not covered by Section 3
Annex B - Requirements for cylindrical, spherical and
          conical shells under combined loadings, including
          wind and earthquakes
Annex C - Assessment of vessels subject to fatigue
Annex D - Requirements for vessels designed to operate
          below 0 degrees C
Annex E - Recommendations for welded connections of
          pressure vessels
Annex G - Recommendations for the design of local loads,
          thermal gradients, etc
Annex H - Recommendations for post-weld heat treatment
          of dissimilar ferritic steel joints
Annex J - Recommendations for pressure relief protective
          devices
Annex K - Requirements for design stresses for British
          Standard materials
Annex L - Guidance on structural tolerances
Annex M - Requirements for establishing the allowable
          external pressure for cylindrical sections outside the
          circularity limits specified in 3.6
Annex N - Requirements for vessel design and the
          provision of information concerning UK
          statutory requirements for the demonstration of
          the continued integrity of pressure vessels
          throughout their service life
Annex Q - Recommendations for preparation and
          testing of production control test plates
Annex R - Guidance on additional information for flat
          ends and flat plates
Annex S - Guidance on optional documentation for
          supply with vessel
Annex T - Recommendations for arc welded tube to
          tubeplate joints
Annex U - Guidance on the use of fracture mechanics
          analyses
Annex V - Requirements for testing and inspection
          of serially produced pressure vessels
Annex W - Worked examples
Annex X - Guidance for the tensile testing of
          9% nickel steel weld metal using
          strain-gauged tensile specimens
Annex Z - Guidance on the application of PD 5500 to
          pressure vessels falling within the scope of the
          European Pressure Equipment Directive
Supplements
Aluminium supplement: Requirements for aluminium
  and aluminium alloys in the design and construction
  of unfired fusion welded pressure vessels
Copper supplement: Requirements for copper
  and copper alloys in the design and
  construction of unfired fusion welded
  or brazed pressure vessels
Duplex supplement: Requirements for duplex and
  super duplex steels (austenitic-ferritic
  stainless steels) in the design and
  construction of unfired fusion welded
  pressure vessels
Nickel supplement: Requirements for nickel and nickel
  alloys in the design and construction of
  unfired fusion welded pressure vessels
Titanium supplement: Requirements for titanium and
  titanium alloys in the design and construction
  of unfired fusion welded pressure vessels
Index
List of references