Stress Intensity Factor (SIF), Flexibility Factor: ASME B31.3 vs ASME B31J (With PDF)
A piping system consists of many different components such as bends, elbows, reducers, tees, valves, and flanges. However, in the stress analysis these various components idealize into two types of...
Piping Elbow or Bend SIF (Stress Intensification Factor) (With PDF)
What is Stress Intensification Factor or SIF? The term SIF (Stress Intensification Factor) is too confusing for many of the piping engineers. That's why the following article is taken to explain...
How to use ASME B31J-2017 and FEM for SIF and k-factors for Stress Analysis (With PDF)
How to use ASME B31J SIF and k-factors in PASS/START-PROF For a long time, there was a need for a standard method to develop stress intensification factors (SIFs or i-factors) for ASME piping...
Recent changes in ASME B31.3 and their implementation in CAESAR II
This presentation is prepared by Mr. Deepak Sethia (working in Imagegrafix software) who has extensive experience in using Caesar II software and troubleshooting. The points that will be covered in...
ASME B31J & B31J Essentials: Why these are useful in Piping Stress Analysis?
Introduction to B31J Essentials in Caesar II Many of you must be aware that Intergraph has announced an extension of Caesar II 2017 in May 2017. B31J Essentials provides a set of calculations for...
Importance & Impact of Stress Intensification Factor (SIF) in Piping (with PDF)
What is the Stress Intensification Factor or SIF? As per Code ASME Section III, the Stress Intensification Factor or SIF is defined as the Fatigue Correlation Factors that compare the fatigue life...
