Hopefully, all of you are aware that the latest edition of the process piping bible ASME B31.3-2020, which revised the 2018 edition of the same code is issued on the 18th of June, 2021. Similar to...
Piping Stress Basics
User-defined SIF is the stress intensification factor that the user input into the stress analysis program. The SIF values are usually calculated using FEA programs and then manually entered in the...
What is Tensile Strength? Tensile Strength of Steel and Other Materials
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...
What is a Thrust Block? It’s Design, Construction, Types, Working, Differences with Anchor Block
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...
Brittle Fracture and Ductile Fracture: Definition, Mechanism, Differences
A fracture can be defined as the separation of the material into two or more parts. Failure of material can involve any of the two mechanisms; ductile fracture or brittle fracture. Both these...
In recent times, FEA or Finite Element analysis is the most widely used method for solving engineering and mathematical models. Using Finite Element Analysis or FEA, a physical phenomenon is...