Modeling Buried Piping in CAESAR II
Why take this course?
This self-paced course guides participants through setting up buried piping models for analysis in CAESAR II. Key topics include beam-type FEA, element sizing, applying and defining soil models, axial restraints, soil settlements, and best practices. The course features video lectures, quizzes, and awards a certificate with PDH credits upon completion.
About the course
Analysing a buried piping network? This course will teach you how to setup your piping model for analysis in CAESAR II.
In this Self-Paced course, participants will be taken through:
introduction to beam type FEA, and the importance of element size,
the basic modeler in CAESAR II and how soil models are applied to elements,
how a soil model is defined,
best practice for the size of underground elements,
including axial restraints,
soil settlements,
best practices,
oil implementation in piping stress models,
exercise: analysis of a buried piping system.
Meet your instructor
Dynaflow Research Group
Dynaflow Research Group is an advanced engineering consultancy specializing in complex piping, mechanical, structural, vibration, and dynamic analysis. Their work focuses on technically demanding industrial problems where calculation quality, code understanding, physical insight, and engineering judgement are critical. Their courses turn this specialist consulting experience into practical training, helping engineers understand the principles, assumptions, failure mechanisms, and design decisions behind real engineering systems.
Who should attend this course
• Those performing piping flexibility studies for buried piping systems.• Those wanting to see best practices for analysing a buried piping system and how the model is different from a piping system above ground.
Program & Details
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Buried Pipe Modelling in CAESAR II
1. Finite Element Analysis
2. Caesar II Pipe Stress
3. Caesar II Soil Modeler pt1
4. Caesar II Soil Modeler pt2
5. Underground Element Sizes
6. Additional Axial Restraints
7. Soil Settlements
8. Best Practices
9. Exercise 2b Introduction
10. Exercise 2b Discussion
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