What is the Stress Intensification Factor or SIF? The term SIF (Stress Intensification Factor) is too confusing for many piping engineers. That's why the following article is taken to explain the...
Category: Piping Stress Basics
Definition of Cold Spring Cold Spring is the process of intentional deformation (usually accomplished by cutting short or long the pipe runs between two anchors) of piping during assembly to...
Some users of START-PROF Piping Stress Analysis software ask the same question: Why loads and displacements are not zero in a cold state? I will try to explain this phenomenon in this article....
In most organizations, there is a 3-tier checking process for every stress system for maintaining the quality of analyzed stress systems. Normally stress system is performed by one (junior or...
Tall pipe risers are used in skyscrapers, mines, etc. There are two points that the piping stress engineer should consider: Fluid weight load distribution Pipe longitudinal stability Fluid...
Spring hangers are an integrated part of the Piping Industry. The use of spring hangers for supporting pipe weights is well-known to every piping engineer. Whenever some rigid supports are not taking...