Re: Very High Pressure Piping - Limitations of Codes and Software

Please define properly what you want to do. Flexibility could be related to pipe stiffness which nothing to do pipe strength.

1. Seibi ----- Original Message ----- From: "ceacs" <ceacs@yahoo.com.br> To: <PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:28 AM Subject: [PipingDesign] Very High Pressure Piping - Limitations of Codes and Software

> Hi all,
>
> I've recently been asked to performe a flexibility analysis as
> follows:
>
> Pipe OD: 4"
> Pipe ID: 1.1/2"
> Pressure: 40.000 PSI
> Material: High Alloy Steel
>
> My general thoughts up to now:
> * I believe ASME B31.X codes won't work up to this pressure (but
> i'm not sure).
> * I'm very unconfortable with the idea of using Caesar II to
> perform this calculation.
> * I'm probably end up using Algor.
> * How about plastic deformations? Creep? Geez...
>
> Any thoughts from you guys?
>
>
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Received on Tue May 11 01:06:00 2004