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  A. "Standard training" of 3 days about Pipestress/Editpipe
  • Piping codes Fundamentals
  • Presentation of the main codes: ASME B31.1  & 3, ASME III Class 2 & 3
  • General Design Requirements
  • Stress Analysis Fundamentals and design criteria
  • Material properties and the Appendices
  • Basis for Allowable Stresses
  • General Piping analysis Methodology
    • Design and service conditions
    • Pressure design for piping components
    • Opening reinforcement rules
    • Sustained loads, occasional loads and thermal expansion
    • Static vs dynamic loading (Earthquake, Water Hammer)
    • Supports : rigid rod, guide, spring hanger, snubber, etc.
  • Using PIPESTRESS and Editpipe
    • Presentation of PIPESTRESS: programs, input and result files
    • Defining the piping geometry with Editpipe: pipe, supports, bellows, structural elements, etc.
    • Modelization of static and thermal loading
    • Modelization of seismic loading : response spectra and time history approaches
    • Executing PIPESTRESS and calculating the support reactions with POSTR
    • How to generate automatically the stress report
    • Customizing Editpipe (libraries, stress report formats, etc.)
  • Examples and exercises
  • B. ASME III class 1, 2 & 3 analysis -  +/-  5 days  

    • ASME Section III Fundamentals
      • Background and overview of ASME Code
      • Design Requirements
      • Stress Analysis Fundamentals
      • Stress categories and design criteria : membrane vs bending, primary vs secondary
      • Fatigue Analysis
      • Ratcheting
      • Material properties and the Appendices
      • Basis for Allowable Stresses
    • General Piping analysis Methodology
      • Design and service conditions (level A-B-C-D conditions)
      • Pressure design for piping components
      • Opening reinforcement rules
      • Sustained loads, occasional loads, thermal expansion and anchor motion
      • Static vs dynamic loading (Earthquake, Water Hammer)
      • Supports : rigid rod, guide, spring hanger, snubber, etc.
      • Thermal transients
      • Stratification
    • Class 1 Piping Design
      • Level A, B, C & D design rules
      • Detailed 3Sm and fatigue analysis - local discontinuity stresses, Ke factor, etc.
    • Class 2 and 3 Piping Design
      • Level A, B, C & D design rules
    • Using PIPESTRESS and Editpipe for analyzing ASME III piping
      • Modelization of seismic loading : response spectra and time history approaches
      • Definition of thermal transients (including stratification transients)  
      • Detailed fatigue analysis: definition of load pair sets, calculation of  Delta(T2), (Ta-Tb), etc.
    • Examples and exercises

     

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