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Introduction to Pipe Stress Engineering: Fundamentals 2

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Introduction to Pipe Stress Engineering: Fundamentals 2

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About the course

This course by Stressman Engineering gives you a strong base and understanding of Pipe Stress Engineering. It will enhance your discussions with colleagues, vendors, and clients and refuels you with inspiration and knowledge. In a set of online courses, you learn to understand the design philosophy of pipe stress. With practical examples, the instructors will provide you with a prominent course and give you a complete overview.

The course provides a broad context of the concepts, insights into possibilities for optimization and cost reduction, and a strong base for deeper discussions with colleagues, vendors, and clients.

This Fundamentals course contains 6 online courses based on video content.

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Stressman Engineering

Pipe Stress, Piping Design, FEA, Ansys

Learning Outcomes

After this course, you...
• Know all concepts involved in a pipe stress flexibility analysis,
• Better understand code related load combinations,
• Have a good overview of all types of piping components and support types,
• Know about different flange types and calculations,
• Understand special load cases for piping systems,
• Have a detailed understanding of the documentation aspects involved with pipe stress and interfaces with other disciplines.

Who should attend this course

• Piping Design Engineers & Piping Design Leads which are required to understand the basics of pipe stress engineering to make the right decisions.
• Junior Pipe Stress Engineers with 0• 3yr experience.
• Mechanical, Process, and Structural engineers that require a broad perspective on piping system design.

Prerequisites

Technical background

Successful completion of the Fundamentals I course is beneficial but not mandatory.

Program & Details

  • 1. Welcome & Your instructor
    2. Content overview
    3. How to use this course

  • 1. Module Introduction & Overview
    2. Basic Allowable Stress Tables
    3. Allowable Stress due to Sustained Loads
    4. Allowable Stress due to Displacement Strains
    5. Occasional Stress Allowable
    6. Pipe Weight Considerations
    7. Fluid Weight Considerations
    8. Additional Weight: Insulation & Internal Lining
    9. The buoyancy of Piping Systems
    10. Elasticity Modules Tables
    11. Flexibility Factors & Stress Intensification Factors (SIF)
    12. Pressure Stiffening of Components
    13. Pressure & Weight Sustained Stresses
    14. Pipe Span Calculations
    15. Thermal Expansion Coefficient Tables
    16. Displacement Stress
    17. Expansion Loops
    18. Sagging & Hogging
    19. Drag loads
    20. Wind Loading on Piping Systems
    21. Acceleration on Piping Systems
    22. Transportation Analysis of Piping Systems

  • 1. Exercise Review
    2. Load Combination Cases Part A
    3. Basic Load Combinations Part B
    4. Load Combinations Example Part C
    5. Load Case Combinations Part D
    6. Load Case Combinations Part E
    7. Load Case Combinations Part G
    8. Scalar Combinations of Loads
    9. Non-linearities
    10. Load Combinations Example for Pipe Stress Analysis
    11. Accidental Loads

  • 1. Trunnions and welded attachments
    2. Cryogenic supports
    3. High temperature supports
    4. Anti-vibration supports
    5. Expansion Joints
    6. Spring supports
    7. Struts
    8. Snubbers

  • 1. Introduction & Recap
    2. Flange Leakage Calculations
    3. Kellogg's equivalent pressure method
    4. Flange calculation: ASME VIII Division 1 & 2
    5. Flange calculation: API TR 6AF & API TR 6AF2

  • 1. Category M Fluid Piping as per ASME B31. 3
    2. High-Pressure Piping
    3. Piping supports settlement
    4. Equipment settlements
    5. Pipeline / Soil settlements
    6. Slug flow
    7. Water Hammer or Surge
    8. Discharge in open systems: Pressure Safety valves
    9. Discharge in closed systems: Pressure Safety valves
    10. Acoustic induced vibration (AIV)
    11. Flow-induced vibrations (FIV)
    12. Summary AIV vs. FIV
    13. Vortex-Induced Vibrations
    14. Pulsations in Piping Systems (Flow-induced pulsations)
    15. Thermal Bowing
    16. Hydrogen Induced Stress Cracking (HISC)
    17. Jacketed Piping
    18. Blast Calculations
    19. Recap & Exercise Review

  • 1. Introduction & Overview
    2. Reporting a Pipe Stress Analysis
    3. Report Build-up
    4. Stress Isometrics
    5. Audit Documentation
    6. Piping Stress Checklist

  • 1. Congratulations
    2. Course evaluation survey
    3. Your Personal Certificate
    4. Rate this course
    5. Related courses

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