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CAESAR II® Fundamentals - Example One Video 7

1. In this video we're going to take a look at the sustained load


case, and we'll compare our calculated results with what
appears in the Code. Shown is a table from the B31.3 piping
Code, and we can see that there are several different columns.

Included is an axial force value, there is a column for the


bending moment, and there is a column for the sustained
stress. CAESAR II will refer to sustained stress as a code
stress.

2. Notice how the tables lists the nodes. It includes a node 30 far
and node 40 far.

3. When we first designed our system, we specified a distance


from node 20 to node 30 in the x direction, and then we went
from 30 to 40 in the y, and so forth.

4. When we got to node 30, we treated it like it was in the corner--


or the vertex-- as the line went from node 20, to node 30, and
on to node 40. This is how CAESAR II models a line in the
input piping screen.

5. However, when the analysis is run, CAESAR II will shift these


nodes, and add additional nodes around the bends. Node 30
will actually shift up around the bend, when you examine the
results in the report. The same will happen for node 40.
CAESAR II will shift further around the bend during its analysis.
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6. As these nodes get shifted, CAESAR II will add a couple of


additional intermediate points. So at the beginning of the bend,
we'll see there's now a new node called node 28. At the
midpoint of the bend is a new node 29, and at the end of the
bend we'll find node 30.

7. So when the report in the Code shows a node called 30 far, it's
referring to the point on the far end of the elbow. The same is
true for node 40 far.

8. The output reports in CAESAR II list all of the bends in the line.
In the table in the piping Code, only some are shown.

9. The B31.3, Appendix S result for the Axial Force on node 10 is


735. On node 30 it becomes 4,470, and at node 50, the value
is back to 735. So let's see what we get when we run our
analysis in CAESAR II. I'll toggle over to that, and when we left
CAESAR II earlier we were viewing results in the operating load
case.

10. We'll select the sustained load case, and we'll click on the
report called global element forces extended.

Click the button to produce the report and display it on the


screen.

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When we review the calculated results for node 10, CAESAR II


returned a value of 735, which matched the value listed in the
Code's results.

The same agreement occurs at node 30, where we see


CAESAR II calculated 4,470 for that, which matched the
number shown in the Code. You remember they call that node
30 far, which corresponds now to our node 30. Likewise, If we
check the values at node 50, we can see that we matched that
as well.

11. Let's take a look now at the computed values that we got for
bending moments. On node 50, we had a bending moment of
27,936. We can also see that we had a high bending moment
on node 20, and it was 41,400. Then when we look at the
value for node 10, we have 12,730. So let's see what the Code
came up with for those.

12. Under bending moment for the Code results, they showed
27,930, 41,400, and 12,730. So our results came out virtually
the same.

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13. Let's see how we compare when we take a look at the


sustained stresses. In the B31.3 examples, they go from 8,560
up to 14,370, and back down to 11,650. Let's see how we did in
CAESAR II with these.

14. I'll toggle back over to CAESAR, and we'll close out this report.
This was our extended forces report.

What we do now is we'll


Click on the stresses extended report.
Click on the button to view the report on the screen.

The report displays a series of header values across the top of


the screen, and the results are listed below.

15. Scrolling down, we can see the computed results for the
different nodes.

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For the values listed as sustained stress, CAESAR II will refer


to this as a code stress. So the values we got are
Node 10: 8,572
Node 20: 14,388 and
Node 50: 11,656.

16. Checking the values in the report, they went from 8,560 14,370
and 11,650. So the results computed by CAESAR II came out
as expected, and matched those given in the example.

This is a good point to pause the video. Go ahead and get your
model and analysis to here. Run these reports, compare
results, and then we'll continue on after this.

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CAESAR II® Fundamentals - Example One Video 8

1. Now we're going to take a look at these two expansion load


cases. The first expansion load case is load case four, and
it's checking the expansion between load case one and three.
So it's the expansion between the highest temperature and
the ambient temperature.

2. The last load case recommended by CAESAR II was the


expansion load case which checks the expansion between
the coldest temperature and ambient temperature.

What we'll do in this video is write a new load case that will
show the full range of expansion, from the lowest
temperature, up to the highest temperature. This will show
us how much our system is going to expand across this full
range of temperatures.

3. The way you build a new load case is using the load case
editor.

Close out the window which shows the load cases and the
reports, and we'll return back into our main screen.

This button is the one that we'll click to open the load case
editor.

When we click on that, it shows us our various load cases.


These are the ones that CAESAR II has generated for us and
recommended. At any time, you can click on this
Recommend button, and it will update the list, showing the
load cases it recommends.

4. Now we'll create a new load case.

Click in this L5 space to make it active.

Click the small button that has a plus, which will an add a
new entry in the list.
Click inside the L6 area, and we can begin to add some new
information.

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