In terms of API 2C cylinder design requirements, spec states "Cylinders shall be designed using the force induced by the loads specified in Section 5". This simply states loads and does not specify which load.
Section 5 is the breakdown of all loading (onboard, offboard, side, etc). For an...
Good morning all. I have looked everywhere and found nothing apart from resources to calculate specific times for actuators and warnings when doing so to determine the closing time for an actuated gate valve.
I am trying to find notes from people either in operation or those that work with...
Has anyone else done any type of hand calculation against CII's flange analysis program? I do a lot of work with larger diameter flanges made from high yield materials which are designed from MSS SP-44. I started doing some research and found that through ASME Sec VIII Dev I & II you can tie...
Good day all! I've recently learned about the Class 1 Branch flexibility option available within CAESAR and after several examples and reading through the explanation of its applicability I had one question:
Is the class 1 branch flexibility option allowable within B31.8? I have read through...
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I have run into this problem before, but recently I got a unique case. When burying a pipe that happens to lay between 2 layers of varying soil properties, what is the proper approach to selecting the soil properties to input in CAESAR? In the past I've used the properties of the...
Hi, I've been trying to find out how to determine the undrained shear strength of soil without having the unconfined compressive strength. I have 6 geotech reports, of which none tell me the unconfined compressive strength for the depth I need to bury my piping model. I do have the plasticity...
Hello all, I am modeling several PIG Traps of varying size and all require an anchor/thrust block prior to the pipeline leaving the ground. I have already modeled them, buried them, set up the fine meshes, and even gone through and re-calculated, by hand, the axial restraints and required...
