The knowledge of both stress and strain is very important in design as their relationship to each other defines the mechanical properties of a material. But which comes first between Stress and...
Category: Piping Stress Analysis
Spring Hanger Pipe Support Selection Procedure for Piping Stress Analysis
Expert opinion says that among all piping design issues, 20% of issues are directly related to the support design and the other 20% are indirectly related. So overall 40% of the problems in the...
B31.4 vs B31.8-Differences between ASME B31.4 and ASME B31.8
What is ASME B31.4? Developed and maintained by ASME, ASME B31.4 is the design code for pipelines transporting liquids and slurries between facilities, production, and storage fields, plants, and...
Applications of Buried Piping The piping that is in contact with soil or runs below grade level is called buried or underground piping. In the oil and gas industry, we find frequent use of buried...
In the piping industry, the term Pressure and Stress are always used and most of the time it creates huge confusion among users as the unit of both Pressure and Stress is the same (Pounds per square...
Water Pumping Station Piping Stress Analysis using Flexible Sleeve Coupling
A large number of Piping failures in Very Large Diameter Water pump piping systems forced client companies to consider water pump station piping as a critical system. Pump station piping is normally...