Re: pIPING THICKNESS CALCULATOR

Geoff,
You don't really need all this stuff if all you need is the number for the pipe wall thickness. OK let us say you want a stress analysis on a pipe - plus you thrown in some other goodies. If you don't have the right software, the analysis is still possible (to a certain degree) using graphs/charts, tables and some elementary strength equation granting you have a working knowledge of the B31 Code and granting you are aware of the process environment – and as long as youre willing to accept a certain margin of error. How far off? Well it depends but normally the result is pretty much within acceptable range.

tomcruz55

• In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, Geoff Stone DD&D Australia <blenrayaust@y...> wrote:
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  > You may also want to consider fatigue analysis, surge analysis to
  determine the actual design pressure that you have selected a pipe for, the bending stresses based on how you will support the pipe, earthquake, wind, vibration, impact loads, concentrated loads, local buckling, corrosion, how the stuff is going to be joined together etc etc. Hey, you might want to become a piping engineer.
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