What is a Pressure Vessel Clip? The attachments welded to the equipment by the vendor for bolting the brackets for pipe support are known as Pressure Vessel clips or Cleats. Fig. 1 shows typical...
Category: Piping Stress Analysis
The term TBE i.e, Technical Bid Evaluation is well-known to all piping engineers. Whenever any piping item is purchased from a vendor, before placing the final order, it is required to check the...
A sway brace is a mechanical device used in process and power plants to reduce the vibration tendency by absorbing shock loadings. They contain a spring-loaded mechanism that provides opposing force...
Buckling analysis for Vacuum Piping Systems is very important that every piping stress engineer should perform while analyzing Vacuum Piping. Vacuum piping analysis in the START-PROF software is...
API 650 Tank Bulging Effect or Bulging Effect of Storage Tank Shells
Stress analysis of lines connected to API tanks is very critical. I am sure most of you have done stress analysis of lines connected to equipment nozzles. However, when it comes to tank nozzle, there...
Cold Pull: How cold pull is applied at site and its drawback
This article is a continuation of my earlier article on Cold Springing which describes a few basic points regarding Cold Pull or Cold Springing. Click here to refer to that article. How Cold...