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FE/PIPE - Finite Element Analysis for Piping / Vessels
Windows
FE/Pipe is a template-driven Finite Element Software Package, specifically
designed for the needs of the piping and pressure vessel enginees. FE/Pipe (as
well as all of its
 associated
modules in the PRO series) generates automatic code compliance reports -
comparisons to ASME Section VIII, Division 2, Appendix 4 and 5 rules and stress
categories.
Build models such as intersections, flanges, saddles, low tank settlement,
structural steel and view instantly using Direct 3D graphics engine.
Parent-Child database functions allow the user to join together individual
models into one large system for analysis. Triangular elements eliminate the
need for all model sections to have the same element density patterns the user
can include more elements only where you need them.
Buckling & Plasticity
Buckling is a concern in piping and pressure vessel geometries with large D/t
ratios and/or external pressure. FE/Pipe includes the ability to analyze
buckling using traditional bifurcation buckling and elastic-plastic collapse
analysis. In addition, FE/Pipe also provides full capabilities for
elastic-plastic analysis with kinematic hardening. The elastic-plastic solver
can also be used to generate lower bound collapse loads.
Thermal Solutions
In some systems, thru-the-wall thermal gradients can cause significant stresses.
FE/Pipe can be used to analyze steady state and transient thermal stresses in
both solid and axisymmetric elements. Applications might include hot-box design
verification for skirt supported vessels, catalyst bed support rings, and other
discontinuities.
When FE/Pipe is useful to your design:
To analyze any nozzle loads (WRC 107/297 are not comprehensive and often
inaccurate).
To analyze large branch/shell intersections (d/D>0.50)
For piping or pressure vessels with D/t rations greater than 100.
For flange analysis - get the REAL operating bolt load, not a pseudo "code" load
and estimate flange leakage.
To calculate accurate SIFs and flexibilities for your piping analysis.
For external loads on saddle supported vessels.
When FE/Pipe is critical to your design:
To satisfy code requirements for buckling in complex systems.
In order to get realistic stresses for nozzles with external loads.
When your piping systems exceeds D/t>100. Piping code rules are not meant for
large D/t systems.
To perform accurate fatigue analysis for nozzles or attachments.
When your design isn’t covered by code rules - large angle cones, rectangular
openings, etc.
   
FE/Pipe includes many standardized templates that allow the designer to quickly
and easily build finite element geomeries that had previously taken days and
weeks. Changes to geometry and loads are instantaneous - no need to completely
rebuild the model. The following list details the standard templates currently
available for use with FE/Pipe:
Unreinforced Fabricated Tee
Pad Reinforced Fabricated Tee
Welding Tee
Hillside Tee
General Nozzles, Plates & Shells
Beam Models
Cylindrical Strings
Symmetric Geometries (2d & Brick)
Axisymmetric Flange
Low Tank Nozzle
FCC Wye Fitting
Singular Nozzle Large Sizes
Head Structures
Wye Intersection
Tank Settlement
Plate Heat Exchanger
Simple Pipe Supports
Tangential Nozzle
Shell-to-Head Nozzle
Olet-Type Fitting (Brick)
UFT or RFT (Brick)
In addition to the templates listed above, FE/Pipe includes several stand-alone
modules that can be purchased individually. These modules are part of the PRO
series that bring specialized attention to the most common problems encountered
by engineers and designers today. Detailed descriptions of these products can be
found elsewhere in this catalogue.
Nozzle/PRO - Analyze individual nozzles, saddles, clips or pipe supports
on a variety of head types.
Axi/PRO - An axisymmetric & brick FEA modeler, designed to analyze
flanged joints & other axisymmetric geometries.
Mat/PRO - Materials Database that includes High Temperature Curves,
Creep-Fatigue interactions and ASME Stress Plots (Div1/2)
Mesh/PRO - This interface allows the FE/Pipe user to import geometries
into AutoCAD for editing and re-import back into FE/Pipe for code analysis.
Output or code calculations are given directly for the following codes.
- ASME Section 8, Division 2, Appendix 4
- ASME Section 8, Division 2, Appendix 5
- ASME Section 8, Division 1, Appendix 2
- ASME Section 8, Division 1, Appendix BFJ (proposed)
- AISC Manual of Steel Construction
- ASME Section 8, Division 2, Article 4-9 Tubesheet stresses
- NEAM Tube Buckling Calculations
- ASME Section VIII, Division 1, Appendix A Tube and Tubesheet strength
calculations.
- TEMA
Other codes/methods are considered or used for comparative calculations.
- SIFs and Flexibilities for B31.1, B31.3, and any other piping code
- WRC 107/297 Nozzle Stress Calculations
- N-318 Lug Calculations
- N-392 Round Attachment Calculation
- Code area replacement calculations at nozzles
- Zick calculation for saddle supported vessels (satisfies new Division 2 and
several existing foreign codes such as BS5500)
- Nozzle Flexibilities per WRC 297 and NB 3685.
The primary code output is for ASME Section VIII, Division 2, Appendix 4 and 5.
But, these results can be used to satisfy virtually any code in the world so
long as the basis of the stress categorization is similar to that given in ASME.
Flange results are given for ASME Section VIII, Division 1, Appendix 2 and
proposed Appendix BFJ. Flange results are also available for EN 13445.
AISC output and code calcs are available for structural beam models. The
axisymmetric template can generate tube sheet models for heat exchangers. This
extends upon the code rules provided in all codes with exchanger rules (TEMA,
ASME, BS5000, etc). Stress Intensification Factors generated in many of the
templates can be used to improve virtually any piping code (B31.1, B31.3, etc).
API 653 can be satisfied using FE/Pipe’s Tank Settlement template. API 650
Appendix P can be satisfied using FE/Pipe’s Low Wall Nozzle Tank template.
Version 4.5 features 18 DOF beam elements (that model ovalization/warping),
links to the latest ASME and B31.3 Material Databases (via Mat/PRO), API 579
Fitness for Service evaluations (for cracks and thin areas), Crack autosearch,
ASME NH (previously N47) High temperature local stress evaluation reports,
WRC474 and BS5500 Fatigue Analysis, Extended ASME VIII Div2 App 5 Fatigue
curves.
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software, please drop us a note
and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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