Re: SOFTWARE FOR PIPE THICKNESS CALC

Thats what im trying to say. Why complicate a simple undertaking such as determining the wall thickness of a pipe.

Similarly, you dont need again a software to figure out the forces, stress and momments for a two-anchor support. G R Kent from Stone and Webster has shown that this can be stimated quickly. If interested checkout his writng titled New Approach to Pipe Reactions.

And if we go even further and analyze the nozzle load at the equipment and piping interface, you wont even need CII. As Steve says No Props.

By the way, theres lot of article related to Piping that can be found in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Processing and PIpeline WOrld magazine.

• In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, "Steve McKenzie" <Mechproj@x> wrote:
  > If you know the design pressure and the allowable pipe material
  stress,
  > why don't you have a go at working out the required thickness
  yourself?
  > No props. You may be cleverer than you think, and you will certainly
  > gain some insight in the process.
  >
  > Cheers
  >
  > Steve
  >
  >