How does everyone manually calculate the flexibility design of pipelines?
Thread Content
This post was last edited by Qianli Youyuan on 2013-1-2 at 10:12. Should a rough estimate be made first during the pipeline flexibility design process? Before submitting the pipeline stress analysis report, the bends must be arranged first. How do everyone determine the direction of the pipelines?
Isn’t there a simple algorithm formula in B31.3? Furthermore, after being used for a long time, most pipelines have well-established routing methods and approaches, which are generally reliable enough to be utilized directly from previous projects, thereby reducing the amount of design work required. If you want new routes, then as a piping specialist, you must “first” be aware of some “obviously wrong” routes. Otherwise, how can you do design?
This post was last edited by jeffen911 on 2013-1-1 at 11:21. Read more books and you’ll discover many manual calculation methods and techniques. 1. Depending on the orientation, the chart lookup method can be used (it is available in many piping documentation sources). 2. Based on experience, arrange the pipes first and then check the flexibility of the pipes in accordance with ASME B31.3. 3. Finally, you can also use the most common guided cantilever method to calculate the compensation length: L = 5.5(XD)0.5. In fact, manual calculation is only necessary when it’s inconvenient; in most cases, with a computer and PIPEDATA, it’s possible to handle simple pipeline routing issues.