Re: STRESS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

From: <Christopher>
Date: Sat Dec 31 2005 - 01:13:00 EST

On Dec 31, 2005, at 12:07 AM, RICK wrote:

> Thanks guys for the insight. For the meantime, I have to evaluate the
> stresses using manual calculations to confirm the calculations I made
> using the evaluation software of CAEPIPE by SST.
You should always do that to a greater or lesser extent, not because the software may be buggy, which is always a possibility, but because input errors happen a lot. Loads get reversed because you forget the orientation of a local coordinate system or were thinking about something else when you pick a pipe size or a valve mass. Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=kqWy-EqpMOzm_02y5hi5_ss069AoC2KKEYf_Kvsqnkyhkq5jBZyqAI7sP6EvWEz2qOW2xXsA4ieExuk">chrisw@skypoint.com</a> | this distance" (last words of Gen.

.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania

1864)
<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/</a> Received on Sat Dec 31 01:13:00 2005