Isthill if Ben did say that then he was wrong. Visit www.reiworld.com for the full explanation. ADLPIPE will always be name for the solution engine. What you refer to is the name of the non nuclear product STAAD.pipe, the user interface is called ADLPIPE Pro
Isthill
'STADD Pro. Pipe Stress Program 2005 has replase ADLPIPE'
This is not the case STAAD Pro is a structural package and ADLPIPE is a pipe stress package, they are two separate packages. www.reiworld.com gives more details
Arto, I agree. Where do you buy glass vessels/pumps that take zero forces and moments?
I have used a pipe yielding technigue for designing pipe supports before, but would be supprised to see it used to rate flanges.
There is a similar formula to the one JTE mentioned for ASME NC, NC3658. ADLPIPE will automatically calculate the Peq value if you specify the value of G whilst defining the flange. You can then rate the flange for the internal pressure and the effects of the mechanical applied loads.
The 'f' factor is an input factor in ADLPIPE as it should be with all pipe stressing software. It is part of the code instruction and can be specified interactively when creating the load cases using the new ADLPIPE.Pro version.
ADLPIPE is one of the only piping software products to carry out ASME Class 1 analysis and is fully NRC accredited.
REI no have a more user friendly version called ADLPIPE.Pro, you should check it out.
To my knowledge there is no effective way of de-coupling the majority of your model without using a full anchor. There are some techniques but it depends on geometry and the loading conditions, the most effective way is the anchor.
Not sure about Pipeplus, I'm a ADLPIPE user. In ADLPIPE a...
There are a number of piping software products on the market and the choice comes down to what you want it for. The first commercially available piping product was ADLPIPE and as FLEISHER quite rightly points out there is now a new version ADLPIPE Pro[b].[b]
ADLPIPE is one of the few pipe...