As Pipe Stress Engineers, we all, in some way or other, have handled the assignment of modeling and analyzing parallel lines routed over pipe racks or sleepers. Often these lines require Expansion...
Category: Piping Stress Analysis
Stress Analysis of Pump Piping (Centrifugal) System using Caesar II
Every power or process piping industry uses several pumps in each unit. The analysis of pump-connected piping systems is considered very critical. In this article, I will try to elaborate on the...
Tutorial: Stress Analysis of Plastic Piping System using PASS/START-PROF Software
From last few months few of the readers are asking to provide some guidelines for stress analysis of Plastic Piping System. This video tutorial by Mr. Alex Matveev (Developer of PASS/START-PROF...
START-PROF can easily import CAESAR II neutral format files (.cii) To import the model first export it into neutral format in CAESAR II: After that open .cii file with...
Basics for Stress Analysis of Underground Piping using Caesar II
What is a Buried Pipe/Pipeline? Underground or buried piping (or Pipeline) is all piping that runs below grade. In every process industry, there will be some lines (Sewer or drainage system,...
What is Virtual Anchor Length? A pipeline restrained by fixed anchors will experience a series of stresses including longitudinal, bending, and axial. Virtual anchor lengths are taken as the...