validity of CII restraint results
validity of CII restraint results
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I was doing some test cases with other structural programs, basically ran a pipe arrangement with 3 programs ( one of which is CII). The results of the two of the programs were very close 2-3% but the ceasar results were off by as much as 100% . Any ideas what may cause this , I have always just assumed CII was correct but now I have doubts
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RE: validity of CII restraint results
RE: validity of CII restraint results
What are the other Programs. Remember that Caesar calculates "Code" stresses not actual stresses. These "Code" stresses are 50% of the actual stress!!!! Is that the problem??
RE: validity of CII restraint results
Was checking forces and moments(not stress) on terminal points , sometimes on small piping that is not critical I do quick checks using another program. This time I did a check and found Ceasar was off, so I checked with a third simple finite element model now I have the structural and finite package agree but not CII. I am going to double check CII input but was just wondering if I was missing something
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RE: validity of CII restraint results
Check setting input variables such as inclusion of pressure elongation, bend opening (Bourdon effect) and ambient temperature.
Caesar does not consider any 'anchor' or restraint to be truly rigid .... a max of 1E12 of the user stiffness units. That may have an effect if your gepometry is sensitive.
I have benchmarked Caesar against most other piping packages using both static and dynamic processors, and found a good match.
RE: validity of CII restraint results
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RE: validity of CII restraint results