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Disclaimer

Tutorials provided are only for guidance and NOT as requirements. In order to meet your project criteria, you may use your engineering judgement to accurately model the layout (including supports) in any way deemed fit and demonstrate that the stress layout is safe for applicable loading conditions.

Tutorial for Basic Pipe Stress Analysis using CAEPIPE

Fundamentals of the piping design Read Tutorial       

Tutorials for Modeling and Results Review using CAEPIPE

Steps to build pipe stress model, analyse and review results
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Tutorial on Pressure Design of Pipe and Pipe Fittings using CAEPIPE

Steps to perform pressure design of pipe and pipe fittings according to EN 13480-3 (2012)
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Tutorial on Analysis with Multiple Thermal Loads using CAEPIPE

Steps to perform piping flexibility analysis with multiple thermal loads
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Tutorial on Support Modeling in CAEPIPE in line with standard Pipe Supports

Steps to model Support in CAEPIPE
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Tutorial on Analysis of Refrigeration Piping using CAEPIPE

Steps to perform Analysis of Refrigeration Piping with ASME B31.5 Code using CAEPIPE
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Tutorial on Modeling of Expansion Joints using CAEPIPE

Examples illustrating the modeling of various types of expansion joints
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Tutorial for Modeling Victaulic Coupling in CAEPIPE

Steps to include Victaulic Coupling in piping flexibility analysis
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Tutorial for Modeling of MetraLoop in CAEPIPE

Steps for modeling and including MetraLoop in CAEPIPE analysis
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Tutorial for Modeling Braided FlexHose in CAEPIPE

Steps for modeling and including Braided FlexHose in CAEPIPE analysis
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Tutorial for Thermoplastic Analysis as per ASME NM.1 using CAEPIPE

Steps to develop stress model, analyse and review results for Thermoplastic Piping (FRP)
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Tutorial for FRP Piping Modeling and Analysis using CAEPIPE

Steps to develop stress model, analyse and review results for Fiber Reinforced Piping (FRP)
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Tutorial for FRP/GRP Piping Analysis as per ASME NM.2 using CAEPIPE

Steps to develop FRP/GRP stress model, analyse and review results as per ASME NM.2
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Tutorial for FRP/GRP Piping Analysis as per ISO 14692-3 using CAEPIPE

Steps to develop FRP/GRP Above-ground/Buried stress model, analyse and review results as per ISO 14692-3
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Tutorial for Hydrogen Pipeline Analysis as per ASME B31.12 using CAEPIPE

Steps to develop Hydrogen (Above-ground/Buried) Pipeline stress model, analyse and review results as per ASME B31.12 Part PL
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Tutorial for Jacketed Piping Modeling and Analysis using CAEPIPE

Steps to model, analyse and review results for jacketed piping
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Tutorial on Flange Qualification using CAEPIPE

Explains the procedure to qualify flanges
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Tutorial on Qualification of Nozzles to Equipment using CAEPIPE

Steps to qualify nozzles welded to spherical/cylindrical vessels such as pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, etc.
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Tutorial on Local Shell Stresses at Nozzles to Equipment (WRC-537)

Steps to calculate local shell stresses as per WRC Bulletin 537 and evaluate those stresses as per ASME Section VIII, Division 2 for Nozzles attached to Cylindrical and Spherical Vessels
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Tutorial on Lug Evaluation using CAEPIPE

Steps to evaluate Hollow Circular Attachment (Lug) and Solid Rectangular Attachment (Lug) welded to Pipe
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Tutorial on Reduction of Support Loads with Cold Spring using CAEPIPE

Inclusion of cold springs to reduce support loads for operating load case(s)
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Tutorial for Rotating Equipment Compliance using CAEPIPE

Methodology to produce rotating equipment compliance reports for pumps, compressors and turbines
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Tutorial for Buried Piping Modeling and Analysis using CAEPIPE

Steps to model, analyse and review results for buried piping
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Tutorial for Soil Modeling for Buried Piping in CAEPIPE

Steps for modeling different cases of Soil in CAEPIPE
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Tutorial for Response Spectrum Analysis using CAEPIPE

Steps to perform response spectrum analysis
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Tutorial for Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) Load Analysis using CAEPIPE

Simplified methodology to perform piping analysis for PRV loads
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Tutorial for Harmonic Analysis using CAEPIPE

Steps to analyse pipe stress models with harmonic loads
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Tutorial for Steam Hammer Analysis using CAEPIPE

Steps to perform time history analysis for steam hammer loads (i.e., fluid hammer analysis)
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Tutorial for Force Spectrum Analysis using CAEPIPE

Steps to perform pipe stress analysis with force spectrum loads
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Tutorial for Slug Flow Analysis using CAEPIPE

Steps to perform pipe stress analysis with slug flow loads
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Tutorial for District Heating Piping as per EN 13941-1 (2019) using CAEPIPE

Steps to perform District Heating Piping analysis using CAEPIPE
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Tutorial on Structural Analysis using BEAM elements of CAEPIPE

Steps to model and analyze equipment support frames
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