Expansion Joints for Piping Stress Engineers
Team Account users: €560
14 Credits
Starts: 9 October
4 Live Sessions
Zdravko Ivančić, MEng
VILT1401
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Course Objective
“To explain all aspects of expansion joints specifically for piping engineers, to enable them to select expansion joints efficiently and thereby contributing to a cost effective piping system.”
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About the course
Instructor-led
4 Live sessions
4 Days
Starts: 9 Oct
3 hr /session
English
Limited seats
VILT1401
Piping stress engineers often do not have in-depth knowledge of the theory, function and calculation methods of expansion joints. This lack of understanding can lead to a misunderstanding between piping engineers (or piping stress engineers) and expansion joint manufacturers. During the pipe stress analysis phase an expansion joint manufacturer is likely not to have been selected yet. If an engineer cannot preselect an expansion joint from a manufacturer catalogue, they must know how to make the best assumptions and preselect appropriate input data for the pipe stress analysis.
This course will provide a detailed overview of expansion joints and the key features which are relevant for piping engineers. The theoretical calculation methods, including those in the EJMA (Expansion Joint Manufactures Association) standard, will be explained and it will be shown how these can be used for calculating the required input for piping stress analysis.
Participants may also be interested in Part 2 (VILT1402) of this course.
The course consists of 4 online live sessions with the instructor. All training content is provided through your EngineeringTrainer account. After the course you maintain 1-year unlimited access to the course, including any new course material. This allows you to perform modules again should you need to refresh your knowledge.
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Program & Details
What are expansion joints?
Types of expansion joints
Two contradictory demands
Methods of absorbing thermal growth
Expansion joints types of movement
Movement basics
Types and symbols according to EJMA
Expansion joints types
Bellows fabrication
Design limits
Strength and stability requirements
Stiffnesses
Evaluation of expansion joints allowable movements
Pressure thrust force
Movement, force and moment equations
Example calculations in accordance with EJMA
Axial movement
Lateral movement
Angular movement
Selection of expansion joints
Optimisation of the selection process
Some special cases
Protecting sensitive equipment
Example 1: Failure due to incorrect usage of an expansion joint
Example 2: Failure due to the use of the wrong type of expansion joint
Typical causes
Grouping errors into categories
What to do and what not to do
Standard expansion joints
What to do when we need expansion joints
EJMA (Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association) calculations
Assumptions and good estimates
Available general tools
Available specialised tools
Simplified models of expansion joints
Complex models of expansion joints
Results
After this course, you...
are able to preliminary select an expansion joint type for the design of a piping system, regarding displacements and stiffnesses.
understand the common expansion joint types that are available on the market, and their properties so that your design solution can be tailored towards these.
are familiar with the analytical calculation methods and the EJMA (Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association) best practice.
have seen the basics of how expansion joints can be modeled in a computational piping flexibility analysis, such as CAESAR II.
have seen what is good and bad practice when using an expansion joint.
will be able to efficiently communicate your requirements to an expansion joint supplier and within your design team.
Who should attend this course
Piping stress engineers of all levels
Those involved in reviewing piping stress analyses
Prerequisites:
General piping design background
Level: Intermediate
This course consists of 4 instructor-led live sessions which consist of presentations, demonstrations, discussions and worked cases. During each session, participants can ask questions to the instructor (through the chat or microphone) which will be answered in the session.
Access to the course
After your purchase is confirmed the course will be available in your EngineeringTrainer account, where you will find the course welcome chapter and instructions on how to join the live sessions. Sessions are held using the software Microsoft Teams and a log-in link is provided for each session through the EngineeringTrainer portal. Live sessions can be joined using any device, including tablets and mobiles.
The live sessions for this course take place at the following times (all times are 24hr clock):
Session 1 9 October 2023, 9:00 to 12:00 CEST (convert time-zones)
Session 2 10 October 2023, 9:00 to 12:00 CEST
Session 3 11 October 2023, 9:00 to 12:00 CEST
Session 4 12 October 2023, 9:00 to 12:00 CEST
These sessions will include breaks at regular intervals
A personal digital certificate will be made available to each participant upon full attendance.
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FAQ
This course consists of instructor-led live sessions which consist of presentations, demonstrations and discussions of questions. During each live session participants can ask questions to the instructor (through chat or microphone) which will be answered.
Please note that for privacy reasons no recordings of the live sessions are made or provided.
The training material used in the live sessions, for example the slides or exercises, will be available in the EngineeringTrainer portal for a year after the date of the training allowing you to refresh your knowledge or review material if needed.
No, course content is not available for download.
The training material used in the sessions, for example the slides or exercises, will be available in the EngineeringTrainer portal for a year after the date of the training allowing you to refresh your knowledge or review material if needed.
Please note that for privacy reasons no recordings of the live sessions are made or provided.
Yes, interactive Q&A sessions are part of the live sessions in this course and allow you to interact with the instructor and ask questions.
To respect the privacy of the participants the live sessions will not be recorded, and as such the live sessions cannot be played back. Therefore it is important for all participants to block the time slots of the live sessions in their calendars and be present.
No software licenses are provided as part of this course.
Yes, this course qualifies for PDH hours as per the NCEES CPC Guidelines.
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