Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 26, 20204 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.4.3.2 Modeling Nozzles for Flexibility Calculations in CAESAR IINozzle flexibilities are most often modeled by describing two separate entities — the piping system and the vessel, and then connecting...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 26, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.4.3.1 Use of WRC Bulletin 297 in CAESAR IIWRC 297 indicates that a typical nozzle flexibility is equivalent to the flexibility of 3 to 13 elbows concentrated as a point spring at...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 20, 20203 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.4.3 Estimation of Vessel Nozzle Flexibilities in CAESAR IIAs noted previously, piping attached to vessels can bend or otherwise deform the vessel wall, permitting some displacement or rotation of...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 17, 20201 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.4.2.4 Completing the Sample Calculation in CAESAR IIOnce the stress intensities are computed, the user can elect to use the WRC 107 stress summation routine to compare the computed stress...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 17, 20206 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.4.2.3 Evaluating Vessel Stresses in CAESAR IIThe ASME Section VIII, Division 2 code provides for a fairly elaborate procedure to analyze the local stresses in vessels and nozzles....