-Jul 12, 20202 minPiping 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...
-Jul 11, 20202 minPiping 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...
-Jul 11, 20202 minPiping 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...
-Jul 11, 20203 minPiping Stress Analysis3.3.1 Expansion Joint StiffnessesEach particular combination of material, thickness, and convolution geometry has a different axial spring rate (per convolution)...