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Piping stress analysis with specialized software

Piping stress analysis with specialized software

Piping stress analysis with specialized software

(OP)
Hi,

we are designing a piping system according to ASME B31.3 with a specialized software such as Caesar II.

We have a 1% slope in our piping.  According to you, do we need to create the slope in our Caesar II simulation or doesn't make any difference in the results?  If we don't need to simulate the slope, what is the maximum slope we can do so?

Regards,

hcjulien

RE: Piping stress analysis with specialized software


Probably doesn't matter at all for a 1% slope.  I would enter it as flat.  To enter a slope, just change the joint elevation coordinates to correspond to their exact elevation.  

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RE: Piping stress analysis with specialized software

well... as long as you're aware of particular configurations when its not OK to make it flat.

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"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, its what we know for sure" - Mark Twain

RE: Piping stress analysis with specialized software

The best idea would be to enter the model flat, then grab everything and rotate it down 1 deg.  This takes a couple of seconds at most.

Richard Ay
COADE, Inc.

RE: Piping stress analysis with specialized software

In which case any vertical segments would no longer be vertical.

http://virtualpipeline.spaces.msn.com

"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, its what we know for sure" - Mark Twain

RE: Piping stress analysis with specialized software

Ok, then don't grab the whole thing, just the pipe that needs to be on the 1% slope.  The other thing you could do is use the "cosine" dialog box.  Enter the first sloped element, then open the "cosine" dialog and simply enter the lengths of succeeding elements.

Richard Ay
COADE, Inc.

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