Comprehensive Pipe Stress Analysis using Caesar II Software: Basics to Advanced

Part A: Basics of Pipe Stress Analysis

• What is Pipe Stress Analysis?

• Stress Critical Line List Preparation with Practical Case Study

• Inputs Required for Pipe Stress Analysis

• Basics of ASME B31 3 for a Piping Stress Engineer

  • ASME B31.3 Scopes and Exclusions

  • Why stress is generated in a piping system

  • Types of Pipe Stresses

  • Pipe Thickness Calculation

  • Reinforcement Requirements

  • ASME B31.3 Code Equations and Allowables

• Introduction to Pipe Supports

  • Role of Pipe Supports in Piping Design

  • Types of Pipe Supports

  • List of Pipe Supports

  • Pipe Support Span

  • How to Support a Pipe?

  • Pipe Support Optimization Rules

  • Pipe Support Standard

  • Support Engineering Considerations

• What is a Piping Isometric?

• What is an Expansion Loop?

• Bonus Lecture: Introduction to Pipe Stress

• Bonus Lecture: Pressure Stresses in Piping

Part-B: Static Analysis in Caesar II

• Introduction to Caesar II

• Getting Started in Caesar II

• Stress Analysis of Pump Piping System

• Creating Load Cases

• Wind and Seismic Analysis

• Generating Stress Analysis Reports

• Editing Stress Analysis Model

• Spring Hanger Selection and Design in Caesar II

  • Introduction

  • Types of Spring Hangers

  • Components of a Spring Hanger

  • Selection of Variable and Constant Spring hangers

  • Case Study of Spring Hanger Design and Selection

  • Certain Salient Points

• Flange Leakage Analysis in Caesar II

  • Introduction

  • Types of Flange Leakage Analysis and Background Theory

  • Case Study-Pressure Equivalent Analysis

  • Case Study-NC Method

  • Case Study-ASME Sec VIII method

• Stress Analysis of PSV Piping System

  • Introduction

  • PSV Reaction force Calculation

  • Applying PSV Reaction force

  • Practical Case Study

  • Certain best practices

• Heat Exchanger Pipe Stress Analysis

  • Introduction

  • Creating Temperature Profile

  • Modeling the Heat Exchanger

  • Nozzle Load Qualification

  • Practical Case Study

  • Methodology for shell and tube inlet nozzle stress analysis

• Vertical Tower Piping Stress Analysis

  • Introduction

  • Creating Temperature Profile

  • Equipment Modeling

  • Modeling Cleat Supports

  • Skirt temperature Calculation

  • Nozzle Load Qualification

  • Practical Example

• Storage Tank Piping Stress Analysis

  • Introduction

  • Reason for Criticality of storage tank piping

  • Tank Settlement

  • Tank Bulging

  • Practical example of tank piping stress analysis

  • Nozzle Loading

• Pump Piping Stress Analysis

  • API610 Pump nozzle evaluation using Caesar II

Part C: Dynamic Analysis is Caesar II

• Introduction-Dynamic Analysis in Caesar II

• Types of Dynamic Analysis

• Static vs Dynamic Analysis

• Dynamic Modal Analysis

• Equivalent Static Slug Flow Analysis

• Dynamic Response Spectrum Analysis

Part D: Miscellaneous other details

• WRC 297/537 Calculation

  • What is WRC 537 and WRC 297

  • Inputs for WRC Calculation

  • WRC Calculation with Practical Example

• Underground Pipe Stress Analysis

• Jacketed Piping Stress Analysis

• Create Unit and configuration file in CAESAR II

• ASME B31J for improved Method for i, k Calculation in Caesar II

• Discussion about certain Questions and Answers

• GRE/FRP Pipe stress analysis

  • GRE Pipe Stress Analysis using Caesar II

  • GRE Stress Analysis-Basics

  • FRP Pipe Stress Analysis Case Study

  • GRE Flange leakage Analysis

  • Meaning of Stress Envelope; Understand it

• Reviewing A Piping Stress System

  • Introduction

  • What to Review

  • Reviewing Steps

  • Case Study of Reviewing Pipe Stress Analysis Report

  • Reviewing Best Practices

• FIV Study

  • Flow Induced Vibrations-Introduction

  • What is Flow Induced Vibration

  • Flow Induced Vibration Analysis

  • Corrective-Mitigation Options

• AIV Study

  • Introduction

  • What is Acoustic Induced Vibration

  • Acoustic Induced Vibration Analysis

  • Corrective-Mitigation Options

• 2-hours of Doubt-clearing session with the mentor