ENGINEERING SOFTWARE

CAESAR II
Pipe Stress Analysis Software

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CAESAR II is a complete pipe stress analysis software program that allows quick and accurate analysis of piping systems subjected to weight, pressure, thermal, seismic and other static and dynamic loads. It can analyze piping systems of any size or complexity. CAESAR II is unique, incorporating calculation methods and analysis options not found in any other program. Whether you are designing a new system or trouble-shooting an existing one, CAESAR II produces results that completely describe the system behavior based on guidelines and design limits from accepted industry standards. With CAESAR II, you can do more in less time and with less chance of error.

CAESAR II provides four modes of graphics representation.

CAESAR IIs auxiliary modules evaluate attached equipment, vessels and restraints.

Output reports can be generated to show any data for any load case.

Displaced shapes and other program results are easily reviewed graphically.

CAESAR II: Worlds standard for pipe stress analysis

Since its introduction in 1984, CAESAR II from COADE has become the worlds most widely used pipe stress analysis software and is considered the industrys de facto standard. There are several reasons for the softwares success.
Universal Acceptance CAESAR II is licensed by most of the worlds major engineering and energy firms. Technical Support Experienced pipe stress analysts and program developers answer customers questions. Customers give high marks to COADEs knowledgeable, reliable and timely technical support. Quality Assurance COADE is committed to quality software. COADE tests all software using its stringent quality assurance (QA) standards. Continual Software Enhancement & Integration COADE is committed to continual development and improvement of the software in response to changing technology, customer applications and code specifications. COADE also is committed to integrating its software with related programs. COADE listens to its customers. Many capabilities of CAESAR II are the direct result of users requests. Stable Company COADE has been in business since 1983 and many employees have been with the company for over a decade. This means the people you contact are likely to be around when you call in the future.

Technically Comprehensive & Flexible CAESAR II includes more options and more technical capabilities than any competitive software, and you can tailor the program to fit your exact needs. Easy to Use CAESAR II provides instant context-sensitive, on-line help plus error checking and smart modeling graphics to check your work. Proven Product CAESAR II has proven stable and reliable in constant and heavy use.

Each piping element is defined on a well laid out, intuitive spreadsheet, making model building effortless.

The completed model can be rendered for visual confirmation or for presentation.

Input & Model Capabilities

CAESAR II input capabilities have revolutionized the way pipe stress engineers approach flexibility analysis. The architecture, speed and responsiveness of CAESAR IIs input format reduce modeling time for typical jobs from hours to minutes. The on-line help combined with a nested hierarchy of less frequently used features ensure that you are not distracted with complex screens or confusing options. You see only what you need to see, when you need to see it. Once a computer model is complete, extensive automatic error checking reviews the input to ensure that the model makes sense from a piping perspective and warns of possible mistakes. When satisfied that your model is ready for analysis, you simply tell CAESAR II to perform the analysis. Input and modeling capabilities include: Interactive Graphics
Let you walk around your model, taking you just one step short of holding the model in your hand. CAESAR II supports single-line, volume, wire frame and rendered graphics.

Structural Steel Modeling

Helps you set realistic boundary conditions, not idealistic ones. CAESAR II includes structural steel databases from many international standards.

Interactive List Editing Input Format

Lets you view and edit data in a full screen, multiple element spreadsheet. This format is often preferred because of its block-edit features such as Rotate, Duplicate, Mirror, Delete and Node Renumbering.

User-tailored Program Overrides

Gives you full control over how calculations and error checking are done, more so than with any other program. CAESAR II comes pre-configured with a basic set of engineering recommendations.

Extensive FRP (Fiberglass) Pipe Capabilities

Includes two piping codes specifically for fiberglass reinforced plastic pipe plus vendors data for modeling and analysis.

Automatic Expansion Joint Modeling

Creates input for expansion joint assemblies with parameters extracted from vendor supplied databases.

CAESAR II provides built-in databases for valves and flanges, expansion joints, materials, structural steel and much more.

Other Input & Modeling Capabilities Include:

User-tailored units Cold spring elements Bend/intersection Stress Intensification Factor (SIF) calculator and library Multiple job batch processing Automatic buried pipe modeling

Automatic, Comprehensive Error Checking

Speeds the process and protects you from oversights.

ASCE Wind Load Generation

Lets you automatically apply and analyze wind load according to American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) #7 or allows you to specify your own pressure or velocity profile.

Automatic or User-specified Load Cases

Recommends load cases for compliance with the selected piping code using the load components specified in the model. If the programs recommended analyses do not suit you, you may build your own load cases.

Thermal Bowing
Provides consideration of thermal gradient effects in partially filled lines.

Extensive On-Line Help

Provides instant, context-sensitive Help specific to each field. CAESAR II includes built-in knowledge valuable to both expert and novice users.

Nozzle Flexibilities and Stresses

Includes nozzle flexibilities as defined in Welding Research Council (WRC) Bulletin 297, American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 650 and British Standard (BS) 5500. It evaluates nozzle and vessel stresses using rules in WRC 297, WRC 107 and ASME Section VIII Division 2.

Static Analysis Capabilities

CAESAR II begins a static analysis by recommending load cases necessary to comply with piping code stress requirements. In most cases users choose the built-in default load cases but still have complete freedom to alter, add or delete load cases. This ability to perform algebraic combinations of displacements, forces and stresses frees you to build your own load cases to suit specific problems. CAESAR II allows you to analyze piping and structural models together, and you can observe the effect of the non-linear pipe-structure interaction both graphically and numerically. The ability to interactively control the static analysis process provides you with the most comprehensive solution module available today. Static analysis capabilities include:

Extensive Spring Hanger Selection Options

Provides numerous built-in manufacturer catalogs. CAESAR II permits hanger selections to multiple thermal cases, cold or hot load design and standard or extended load ranges. It selects the appropriate spring support from many manufacturers catalogs based on a variety of proposed operating and installation positions.

Wide Selection of Restraint Types

Provides the widest range of support types for boundary conditions. Anchors with or without displacements Single or double acting translational Single or double acting rotational Translational with bi-linear stiffness Snubbers Guides and limit stops Bottomed-out springs Tie rod assemblies Gaps and friction Connecting nodes for nodal interdependence Large rotation rod supports

Extensive User-modifiable Material Database

Provides a comprehensive database with temperature dependent allowable stresses included.

Valve and Flange Databases

Include built-in length and weight information plus provide the ability to add your own data.

Interactive model annotation eliminates input errors.

Piping Code Options

B31.1 and B31.1 (1967) - Power B31.3 - Petrochemical & Refining B31.4 - Liquids Transportation B31.5 - Refrigeration B31.8 - Gas Transportation ASME Sec. III, Class 2&3 Nuclear Power British Standard 806 US Navy Spec. 505 Z662 - Canadian Gas Transportation RCC-M Section C & D French Nuclear Power Stoomwezen - Dutch BS 7159 - British Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Pipe CODETI - French TBK 5-6 - Norwegian FDBR - German UKOOA - UK Offshore IGE/TD/12 - UK Gas

displaced shapes, forces, moments, stresses and animated motions. You see what you want, and only what you want, when you want it.

Import/Export Features
CAESAR II provides data interfaces to programs for both import and export. This eliminates time consuming data entry and enhances the value of your existing data and programs. CADWorx/PIPE CAESAR II offers a seamless link to CADWorx/PIPE, COADEs AutoCADbased pipe drafting and design software. This is the first intelligent, fully functional, bi-directional link between CAD and a pipe stress analysis program. Engineers and designers working together save time and improve accuracy with this powerful link. CAESAR II also imports model data from the following: PDS by Intergraph CADPIPE AUTOPLANT ComputerVision ISOMET PRO-ISO Catia CC PLANT CAESAR II has a neutral data file format for independent use in exchanging data with other programs such as CadCentres PDMS and Jacobus 3DM. It also produces AutoCAD DXF files for simple input plots.

Output reports may be viewed on screen, printed or saved to a file.

Equipment Load Checks

Performs load evaluations to the following standards: Steam turbines (NEMA SM23) Centrifugal pumps (API 610) Centrifugal compressors (API 617) Closed feedwater heaters (HEI) Air cooled exchangers (API 661)

Shock Spectrum Analysis and Independent Support Motion (Including Anchor Movements)
Includes independent support motion and library of NRC and UBC earthquake spectra. The program defaults to standard calculation methods, or you may choose from a variety of modal and spatial summation methods.

Output Capabilities
CAESAR II output reports include input echo, hanger selection and individual load case listings of displacement, local forces and moments and code defined stresses compared with their allowable limits. You can review all or part of this information on the screen before any hard copy is generated. This output review speeds the design cycle by displaying results that are useful in diagnosing piping trouble areas. CAESAR II output modules provide you with interactive flexibility. Load case and report selection and heading control combine to give you a complete tool for reviewing analysis results. The output graphics show

Flange Leakage and Stresses

Includes simple leakage checks, ANSI B16.5 ratings and ASME Section VIII Division 1 stress calculations for evaluating flange loads.

Force Spectrum Analysis

Allows analysis of general impact loads such as water and steam hammer, slug flow and relief valve discharge. It includes a routine to convert time history loads into the appropriate frequency response data.

Dynamic Analysis Capabilities

CAESAR II guides you through the specification or acquisition of data needed for dynamic analysis. Dynamic analysis begins with the specifications of the dynamic input data such as lumped masses, imposed vibration, snubbers and spectrum definitions. You can use the built-in shock spectra or define your own. Dynamic analysis capabilities include: Mode Shape and Natural Frequency Calculations
Saves you time since many operating problems can be examined or avoided by reviewing the systems natural modes of vibration.

Modal Time History Analysis

Provides an accurate and complete evaluation of the system response through time when the timing of dynamic loads is well defined.

Animation of Dynamic Response

Helps you verify simulations. Animating mode shapes is one of the most valuable tools in diagnosing dynamic problems. CAESAR II also animates the results from time history analysis.

Missing Mass/Force Corrections

Improves dynamic solution accuracy by accounting for system high frequency modal response.

Static/Dynamic Load Combinations

Allows you to combine any variety of dynamic and static loads to properly address occasional load requirements of the piping codes.

Relief Valve Load Synthesis and Force Spectrum

Calculates dynamic thrust loads and transient pressure increases from relief valves.

Harmonic Forces and Displacements

Lets you evaluate the vibration response of a damped system to a range of harmonic forces or displacements to simulate mechanical and acoustic line vibrations.

Data Interfaces
Converts the results from hydraulic analysis packages such as Stoners LIQT and Sunrise Systems PIPENET automatically into response spectrum data for use in CAESAR II.

Animated graphics are quite useful in learning about the dynamic response of a piping system.

Options
CAESAR II includes many other features and options such as an internal accounting system, an expansion joint rating program, B31G corrosion evaluation and AISC unity checks.

Hardware/Software Requirements:
Intel Pentium processor (or equivalent) Microsoft Windows (95, NT 4.0 or higher) Operating System 32 Mbytes RAM (recommended) 60 Mbytes of disk space CD ROM Drive

CAESAR II Licenses
All CAESAR II licenses provide the following as standard: Complete CAESAR II program One complete set of program manuals One external software lock (ESL) allowing access to CAESAR II Technical newsletter subscription Phone, fax, bulletin board, web site and e-mail access for technical support Full License provides: Perpetual single license with no limit on the amount or duration of use One full year of automatic upgrades from date of purchase Eligibility for annual extensions of automatic upgrades Eligibility for discounts on additional CAESAR II Full License purchases Monthly Lease provides: Full License copy on a monthly rental basis Option to apply first month lease when converting to a Full License purchase Limited Run (Pay-Per-Use) provides: Full program with a limit on the number of actual analyses (50 Minimum) Option to add runs over the phone or fax without a modem

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