PIPE STRESS ANALYSIS

CAESAR II
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CAESAR II®
THE WORLD’S MOST RESPECTED TOOL FOR
PIPE STRESS ANALYSIS
Capabilities: Expedited Piping Input
• Static Analysis Experience improved usability in CAESAR II List Input dialogs with valuable performance
• Dynamic Analysis improvements and a new Search and Replace capability that lets you make quick global
• Intuitive Analysis Model changes to your models. Use convenient right-click menus to perform model actions in
Creation half the time.
• Design Tools and Wizards
• Load and View Plant Model Enhanced 3D Model Display and Graphics
• Comprehensive Error Checking
• User-Definable Reports Large-scale improvements to the CAESAR II 3D model include new symbols for
• Wind and Wave Analysis displacements, rotations, forces, and moments on the model. In addition, most graphic
• Seismic and Support symbols display outside of the piping with an easy-to-read leader line. Node numbers
Settlement Analysis and annotations display and rotate in front of all piping for complete visibility.
• 35 International Piping Codes
• Extensive Material Databases Streamlined Load Case Editor
• Steel Databases and Modeling
• Expansion Joint Databases The redesigned Static Load Case Editor features a Group Edit view where you
• Hanger Design and Databases can select and change values to multiple load cases all at once. The enhanced List
• Automated Stress Isometric View offers easier scrolling and viewing options, as well as filtering on columns,
Creation
drag-and-drop sorting, and Simpler manipulation of load cases.
• Integrates with Intergraph
Smart®, and CADWorx® Plant
Design Suite You can select cases from the Static Load Case Editor for deletion, and instantly review
• Results Export to Microsoft® the impacts to any related (combination) cases. CAESAR II automatically renumbers
Excel®, Word, and MDB Files load cases upon your deletion.
Design Tools and Wizards Powerful Integration Capabilities
Tools and wizards for tasks (such as creating expansion loops CAESAR II offers robust interfacing with CAD-based software,
or viewing plant models in the analysis space) help bridge such as CADWorx Plant and Intergraph Smart® suites, using
the gap between knowledge and experience. CAESAR II established industry formats (such as PCF and Isogen®),
takes the guesswork out of producing accurate analysis and This lets you bring in data from other systems, carry it on to
recommending practical design changes. integrating solutions after analysis, and track support IDs
throughout the system. With Intergraph Smart integration, you
Nuclear Industry Compliance can view component identifier (GUID) information for restraints
and hangers.
CAESAR II complies with ASME NQA-1 quality assurance
(QA). Subscribe to the CAESAR II QA and Reporting service to
stay fully informed about issues and software changes. This
Comprehensive Equipment Analysis
notification service ensures that nuclear clients comply with The fully-redesigned Equipment Manager for API 610 enables
U.S. federal requirements 10 CFR Part 50 App. B. and you to associate multiple load conditions with your pump and
10 CFR Part 21. related nozzles. Experience the user-friendly interface and
new comprehensive reports. Analysis capabilities are available
Advanced Analysis and Reporting for other equipment types with future plans to expand to the
easy-to-use manager.
Besides the evaluation of a piping system’s response to
thermal, deadweight, and pressure loads, CAESAR II analyzes
the effects of wind, support settlement, seismic loads, and
Codes
wave loads. Nonlinear effects, such as support lift-off, gap • ASME B31.1, B31.9 (Power)
closure, and friction, are also included. Select the proper • ASME B31.3, w/ Ch. IX (Process)
springs for supporting systems with large vertical deflections. • ASME B31.4, w/ Ch. XI (Pipeline) and Ch IX (Offshore)
Dynamic capabilities include modal, harmonic, response • ASME B31.5 (Power)
spectrum, and time history analysis. Quickly send analysis • ASME B31.8 (Pipeline), w/ Ch. VIII (Offshore)
results to output reports or export to the file format of your • ASME Section II, Class 2 and 3 (Nuclear)
choice (MDB, Excel, Word, etc.). • BS 806 (Process)
• JPI (Process)
Custom Nozzle Flexibilities • HPGSL (Process)
• CAN Z662 (Pipeline), w/ Ch. 11 (Offshore)
User-defined custom nozzle types let you use third-party tools • CODETI (Process, Power)
to calculate nozzle stiffness values for axial, in-plane, • TBK 5-6 (Power)
out-of-plane, and torsional directions in the piping input. • DNV (Offshore)
Custom flexibilities are useful for non-standard angled nozzles • EN 13480-1 (Power, Process)
not addressed by existing nozzle code standards. • ISO 14692 (FRP)
• UKOOA and BS-7159 (FRP)
Finite Element Analysis • PD 8010 Part 1 (Pipeline) Part 2 (Offshore)
• RCC-M C and D (Nuclear)
Access third-party tools for finite element analysis from the • Stoomwezen, Swed. Method 1 & 2 (Power)
CAESAR II main menu, including free access to the • Equipment: API 560, 610, 661, 617, PD 5500, HEI,
NEMA SM23, B31G, WRC 107/537/297, AISC
newly-published ASME B31J-2017 calculations for SIFs and K
• Environmental: ASCE 7, NBC, IBC, UBC (Seismic & Wind),
factors. Quickly send and translate through FEATools™, compare
EN 1991 GB 50009, Mexico (Wind) NBR 6123, IS 875,
multiple file results, assess the sensitivity of model elements, BS 6399, As/Nzs 1170, KHK (HPGSL) L1 and L2 (Seismic)
and evaluate nozzle/branch connections with NozzlePRO™.

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 PIPE STRESS ANALYSIS - CAESAR II

STATIC ANALYSIS PIPE DESIGN CALCULATIONS,

• Purpose of Pipe Stress Analysis - An Overview MATERIALS, SIZE & WALL
• The Reasons for Pipe Stress Analysis THICKNESS
• Design Considerations for Pipe Stress Analysis • Design pressure & design temperature for piping
• Information Required for Pipe Stress Analysis systems
• What Information to be provided in Pipe Stress Analysis • Concept of pressure integrity
Report. • Design pressure integrity, pipe size calculation
• Pipe wall thickness calculations
• Pressure design of miter bends
PIPE FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS • Single & multiple miters
PER ASME B31.3 • Pressure design of blanks
• Pipe Stress Analysis Logic • Branch reinforcement calculations
• Minimum Flexibility Requirements
• Stress Range Reduction Factor -f
• Piping Flexibility – General Consideration
• Stress Analysis Flexibility Requirements
STRESS ANALYSIS IN
• Stress Analysis’s Function
PIPING SYSTEMS
• Scope of Code Requirements
• Stresses in Piping Systems
• Failure Modes of Piping System
• Classification of Stresses in Piping System
STRESSES DUE TO SUSTAINED • Theories of Failure
LOADS, STRESSES DUE TO • Loads Present in Piping System & it’s Combinations
DISPLACEMENT STRAINS AND • Support & Hanger Selection for Piping Systems
STRESSES DUE TO OCCASIONAL • Equipment Nozzle Load Qualifications
LOADS • Evaluation of local vessel stresses
• Making & Configuring Unit File for New Job
• Longitudinal Stress
• Configuring Uniform Load for New Job.
• Longitudinal Stress from Pressure
• Piping Input Generation & Modeling
• Longitudinal stress due to weight
• Model Error Checking: Resolving Fatal Error & Warnings
• Allowable Displacement Stress range Basic
• Running a Static Analysis
Allowable Stress at maximum material temperature.
• Sustain & Expansion Stresses in Different Piping
System Configuration.

HYDRAULIC DESIGN OF PIPING

SYSTEMS CAESAR II - STATIC ANALYSIS
• Fluid flow sizing • Pipe sizing • Static Output Review & Report Generation
• Reynolds number • Stress Isometric Generation for Report
• Types of flow in piping • 3D Plots Generation for Report
• Pressure drop due to friction/ Viscosity • Practical Examples – Input, Analysis & Redesign
• Friction factor
• Moody diagram
• Minor losses in piping – Equivalent length method & UNDERGROUND PIPE MODELING
Loss coefficient method • Buried Pipe modelling – Analysis and reports
• Recommended velocities for Water and Steam piping
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