Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Jul 13, 20206 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.3.6 Expansion Joint Assemblies in CAESAR IIExpansion joints may be used in a number of different types of assemblies, based upon the application. Various assemblies are described...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Jul 12, 20204 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.3.5 Modeling of Tie Rods in CAESAR IIIf restraints are not used to absorb the unbalanced pressure load, it must be handled by tie rods. These are tension-carrying rods...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Jul 12, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.3.4 Modeling of Unbalanced Pressure Force in CAESAR IINormally pressure in a pipeline is absorbed by tension in the pipe walls: Due to the axial flexibility of expansion joints, they are...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Jul 11, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.3.3 Use of the ERATE Program CAESAR IIFor more complex configurations, the relative expansion joint end displacements can be evaluated using an auxiliary routine (accessible...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Jul 11, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.3.2 Evaluation of Expansion Joint Allowable MovementsSince the failure mode of expansion joints is fatigue, the relative expansion displacements between the start and end of the expansion...