Integrated Analysis of Piping, Structure & Equipment

From: <KAUSTUBH>
Date: Mon May 27 2002 - 01:11:00 EDT

Hi,

I had asked some query a long back but still there is no response to any of them. So I am asking this again. Please share your valuable comments and responses on this.

I want some information about the integrated analysis. I understand integrated analysis as the combined analysis of equipment, piping and the supporting structure. In some of the important and critical applications it becomes important to carry out the integrated analysis of the entire system, to check the response of the system as a whole. This is definitely is a dynamic analysis.

I want some information regarding following:

1. What is the criteria for integrated analysis?
2. What can be the areas of application?
3. To what extent we may have to model the system (right upto foundation of

equipment and support structure?)
4. Which are the softwares having capability to perform such analysis? 5. Is there any method to perform the approximate or equivalent static / dynamic analysis for the piping? How to do it?

This has become a serious issue for us and I request you to contribute your valuable response on this.

Hope to hear your valuable comments on this. Waiting.......

Regards,
Kaustubh Received on Mon May 27 01:11:00 2002