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CAESAR II Online Video Training Series

CAESAR II® Statics Two

Written by David Diehl
Director of Training, Intergraph® ICAS Division

 
 
 
 
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CAESAR II® Statics Two

David Diehl, Course Author

Produced and Edited by Anthony W. Horn

First Edition - November 2016

©2016 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
http://www.pipingdesignonline.com
No duplication permitted without express written consent

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 Welcome to these Special Videos for Learning
Advanced Topics in CAESAR II® Statics!

These CAESAR II Statics Two training videos are the third course in our video
training series for CAESAR II software. These lessons were developed by David
Diehl, the Director of Training at the Intergraph® Corporation, and are designed
to teach you advanced Statics topics using CAESAR II. We think it's the easiest,
fastest way there is to learn CAESAR II software. As you watch the videos and
follow along doing the exercises you'll learn many of the commands, features,
and techniques that will make you more productive and accurate in your work.
We hope you find these topics interesting and beneficial as you expand your
knowledge of CAESAR II and Pipe Stress Analysis.

So thank you for your commitment to training, and let's get started!

Anthony W. Horn, Editor

2016

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About the Author and Editor

Drawing from over 30 years of engineering, technical

support, and training experience, David Diehl has created
an outstanding course in CAESAR II Statics Two. Serving
as the Director of Training at the Intergraph® Corporation,
Mr. Diehl is recognized as one of the top CAESAR II trainers
in the world. Now you can benefit from his experience as he
shares with you his knowledge of using CAESAR II software
in a powerful, yet easy to understand course.

Anthony Horn, the Editor of this video training series and

author of the CAESAR II Fundamentals Course is the owner
and creator of PipingDesignOnline.com. Launched in 2011,
PipingDesignOnline.com has issued over 2500 certificates
in CADWorx and CAESAR II software in more than 40
countries, and is the largest Intergraph CADWorx and
Analysis Solutions software training organization in the
world.

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 CAESAR II Statics Two

Table of Contents

LESSON 1 - Piping Codes

Video 1 Purpose of Piping Codes, Codes in CAESAR II ................................................... 1
Video 2 Categories of Codes, Variations in Stress Calculations, ..................................... 5

LESSON 2 - Stress Intensification Factors (SIFs)

Video 1 SIFs and Flexibility Factors, History, Examples, ................................................. . 17
Video 2 B31.1 and B31.3 Appendix D, Calculations, Definitions ....................................... 21

LESSON 3 - CAESAR II and the Stiffness Method

Video 1 Developing a Stiffness Matrix for a piece of pipe, Calculating Manually .............. 27
Video 2 Adding Loads and Continuing the Calculations.................................................... 32
Video 3 Adding a Second Element, Expanding the Calculations ...................................... 43
Video 4 Back Calculating from the Displacement to Calculate the Forces ........................ 61
Video 5 Adding an Elbow between the two pieces of pipe ............................................... 66
Video 6 Converting the Local Flexibility Matrix of the Elbow into a Stiffness Matrix .......... 81
Video 7 Assembling the Three Elements into a Straight-Bend-Straight System ............... 92

LESSON 4 - Buried Pipe

Buried Pipe - Lesson One
Video 1 Overview of Process of Burying Pipe in CAESAR II, Virtual Anchors ................. 108
Video 2 Modeling an Example, the Underground Pipe Modeler ........................................ 126
Video 3 Reviewing the Buried Pipe, Running the Analysis ............................................... 140
Buried Pipe - Lesson Two
Video 1 Concepts in Burying Pipe, Soil and Pipe Bearing and Friction ............................. 159
Video 2 Pipe Strain, Bending Moments, Bearing, and Friction .......................................... 170
Buried Pipe - Lesson Three
Video 1 Burying the Pipe and Reviewing Input ................................................................ 183
Video 2 Modeling Soil Parameters (Peng), American Lifelines Alliance Model ................. 191
Video 3 Continuing the Model ........................................................................................... 204
Video 4 Modifying the Buried Pipe Example Problem (from Course Files) ....................... 219

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 Video 5 Burying the Buried Pipe Example Problem .......................................................... 237
Video 6 Buried Pipe Equations, Reviewing Results .......................................................... 252

LESSON 5 - Non-Linear
Video 1 Discussion of Nonlinear Restraints ...................................................................... 272
Video 2 Solving a Nonlinear Response in Piping Systems ............................................... 282
Video 3 Sample Problem (from Course Files) ................................................................... 293
Video 4 Adding Friction to the Model ................................................................................ 298
Video 5 Reviewing the Analysis Results, Getting Models to Converge ............................. 310
Video 6 Using the Converge Model (from Course Files) ................................................... 317
Video 7 Adjusting/Removing some of the Nonlinear Restraints ........................................ 330
Video 8 Codes and Nonlinear Restraints, CAESAR II and Nonlinear Restraints .............. 345
Video 9 Modeling Occasional Loads and Nonlinear Situations ......................................... 350

LESSON 5 - Expansion Joints

Video 1 Expansion Joints - Use, Application, and Selection ............................................. 356
Video 2 Different Types of Expansion Joints ..................................................................... 364
Video 3 Pressure Thrust Equations, Design Considerations ............................................. 376
Video 4 Selecting an Expansion Joint From the Catalog .................................................. 389
Video 5 Effective Joint Diameter, Expansion Joint Selection Criteria ................................ 402
Video 6 Additional Terms for Expansion Joint Selection ................................................... 417
Video 7 Evaluating the Selection....................................................................................... 432
Video 8 Evaluating Pressure Thrust, Leakage, Rotation, Deflection ................................. 438
Video 9 Modeling Using Course Examples ....................................................................... 446
Video 10 Modeling Exercises .............................................................................................. 463
Video 11 Selecting an Expansion Joint Based on Results .................................................. 485
Video 12 Installing the Selection Into the Model ................................................................. 502
Video 13 Reviewing an Advanced Model ............................................................................ 520
Video 14 CAESAR II and Large Rotations .......................................................................... 544

LESSON 5 - Restraints
Video 1 Restraint Definitions in CAESAR II ...................................................................... 560
Video 2 Interpreting How Restraints Can Be Modeled in CAESAR II................................ 571
Video 3 Continuing Interpreting How Restraints Can Be Modeled in CAESAR II ............. 586

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