BasicLoadCasesusedforPipingStressAnalysis

FollowingstepsshallbecarriedforPipingStressAnalysisofanysystem,
1. IdentifytheCriticallinesfromtheP&IDbasedonthecriteriamentionedinthePipingStress
AnalysisDesignBasis.
2. PrepareaStressCriticalLinelist
3. CategorizethelinesasCategory1(Extensivecomputeranalysisrequired),Category2(Visual
AnalysisorbyNomographs,etc.)andCategory3(Noncriticallines)
4. SegregatetheCategory1linesandidentifyStresssystems.Segregationshouldbemadeinsuch
awaythatproperboundaryconditionscanbedefinedforthoselines.Alsolineswhichcanaffect
thebehaviorofthesystemsignificantlyshouldbeselected.Dependingontheconfigurations
Category2andCategory3linesmayalsobeincludedinthePipingsystem
5. Selectasystemfortheanalysisbasedonthepriorityorprojectrequirement
6. Listdownthelinestobeincludedinthesystem
7. Checkifalltheparametersofthelinesareavailable,
A. MaximumDesignTemperature&Pressure
B. OperatingTemperature&Pressure
C. MinimumDesignTemperature&Pressure
D. TestPressure
8. CheckifanyOccasionalloadingisapplicablefortheselectedsystem,
A. WindLoading
B. SeismicLoading
C. PSVreactionforces
9. NotedownenvironmentalDataoftheproject,
A. AmbientTemperature
10. OncethemodelingofthesystemisdoneintheCaesarIIusingalltheabovedata,nextimportant
activityistoformulatetheloadcasesforwhichthesystemistobeanalyzed
11. Listdownallthepossibleconditionstheselectedsystemmayexperience.
12. LoadCasesforapipingsystemisgivenbelow,

CASE:1Basicparametersandnooccasionalloading
Followingparameterswillbeusedforformulatingtheloadcases,
WW=Waterfilledweight
HP=HydrotestPressure

W=DeadweightofthePipingsystem
P1=MaximumDesignPressure
P2=OperatingPressure
P3=MinimumDesignPressure
T1=MaximumDesignTemperature
T2=OperatingTemperature
T3=MinimumDesignTemperature
CaseNo.

LoadCase

StressType

L1

WW+HP

HYDRO

L2

W+T1+P1

OPE

L3

W+T2+P2(P1canbeusedinthiscase)

OPE

L4

W+T3+P3(P1canbeusedinthiscase)

OPE

L5

W+P1

SUS

L6

L2L5

EXP

L7

L3L5

EXP

L8

L4L5

EXP

L9

L2L4

EXP

CASE:2BasicParameterswithWindloading
Followingparameterswillbeusedforformulatingtheloadcases,
WW=Waterfilledweight
HP=HydrotestPressure
W=DeadweightofthePipingsystem
P1=MaximumDesignPressure
P2=OperatingPressure
P3=MinimumDesignPressure
T1=MaximumDesignTemperature
T2=OperatingTemperature

T3=MinimumDesignTemperature
WIN1=WindLoadin+Xdirection(directionisjustforexampleusercanusethis
terminologyforanyotherdirectionasperhisease)
WIN2=WindLoadinXdirection(directionisjustforexampleusercanusethis
terminologyforanyotherdirectionasperhisease)
WIN3=WindLoadin+Zdirection(directionisjustforexampleusercanusethis
terminologyforanyotherdirectionasperhisease)
WIN4=WindLoadinZdirection(directionisjustforexampleusercanusethis
terminologyforanyotherdirectionasperhisease)

Case

LoadCase

No.

Stress

Combination

Type

Type

L1

WW+HP

HYDRO

Algebraic

L2

W+T1+P1

OPE

Algebraic

L3

W+T2+P2(P1canbeused

OPE

Algebraic

OPE

Algebraic

inthiscase)
L4

W+T3+P3(P1canbeused
inthiscase)

L5

W+P1

SUS

Algebraic

L6

W+T1+P1+WIN1

OPE

Algebraic

L7

W+T1+P1+WIN2

OPE

Algebraic

L8

W+T1+P1+WIN3

OPE

Algebraic

L9

W+T1+P1+WIN4

OPE

Algebraic

L10

L6L2

OCC

Algebraic

L11

L7L2

OCC

Algebraic

L12

L8L2

OCC

Algebraic

L13

L9L2

OCC

Algebraic

L14

L5+L10

OCC

Scalar

L15

L5+L11

OCC

Scalar

L16

L5+L12

OCC

Scalar

L17

L5+L13

OCC

Scalar

L18

L2L5

EXP

Algebraic

L19

L3L5

EXP

Algebraic

L20

L4L5

EXP

Algebraic

L21

L2L4

EXP

Algebraic

CASE:3BasicParameterswithSeismicloading
Followingparameterswillbeusedforformulatingtheloadcases,
WW=Waterfilledweight
HP=HydrotestPressure
W=DeadweightofthePipingsystem
P1=MaximumDesignPressure
P2=OperatingPressure
P3=MinimumDesignPressure
T1=MaximumDesignTemperature
T2=OperatingTemperature
T3=MinimumDesignTemperature
U1=SeismicloadsalsoknownasUniformloadsintermsofginNorthSouth