Caesar II SIF help
Caesar II SIF help
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Hey everybody. I'm currently working on a pipe run in Caesar II 5.10 that basically has two pipes branching off from the main pipe at a certain intersection. Essentially, it's a four way tee or intersection.
However, when I click on Start Run it gives me a warning about not being able to calculate the SIFs for 4 pipes coming into this node. I didn't think this was such a big deal since I could just go to B31.1 and calculate them by hand and use those values. Then I came to realize that there isn't any calculations for this type of intersection.
Anybody know what to do in this situation or have run into it before?
However, when I click on Start Run it gives me a warning about not being able to calculate the SIFs for 4 pipes coming into this node. I didn't think this was such a big deal since I could just go to B31.1 and calculate them by hand and use those values. Then I came to realize that there isn't any calculations for this type of intersection.
Anybody know what to do in this situation or have run into it before?





RE: Caesar II SIF help
If the braches are near to or same as the header size, you might get some help from the vendor, or think about F.E. analysis to derive an sif.
RE: Caesar II SIF help
They are smaller in comparison to each other. I will try the 1mm apart from each other, never thought of that.