The piping engineering would not have been developed so much in absence of piping software packages. Today, almost all the piping design activities are performed using various piping software...
Category: Piping Stress Basics
Hopefully, all of you are aware that the latest edition of the process piping bible ASME B31.3-2020, which will revise the 2018 edition of the same code is going to be issued on the 18th of June,...
User-defined SIF is the stress intensification factor that the user input in the stress analysis program. The SIF values are usually calculated using FEA programs and then manually entered in the...
Tensile strength is the maximum stress up to which a material can be loaded without failure. When the tensile strength is exceeded, the material breaks or fails. This is also known as ultimate...
A thrust block is a concrete pipe restraint that prevents the mainline from moving by transferring pipe loads (mainly due to pressure thrust) to a wider load-bearing surface. Usually, thrust blocks...
Metal Fatigue Definition The unexpected failure of metallic components by progressive fracturing while in operating condition is known as metal fatigue. Local overstressing of a component...
