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    a SPECIALREPORT FLUID FLOW AND ROTATING EQUI Agnan: | Roslog o AY Hazardous situations created by improper piping analyses Some computer programs do not handle ns correctly hot condition calculat L. C. PENG, Peng Engineering, Houston, Texas ping Mexican stress analysis reqize in design of most «Bed piping sysems before the piping ix installed in a1 industria ii leis mended to ensure ple safer an dhs, protect the ingore ofthe owner andthe general public, Due wo availabiliy of power software package, he analy has became simple and vou ‘ine, However, improper piping analysis may aera creace@ haze aucdoussvwation rather chan ensure plane sexy. Trnpropet piping analyses stem fom many ateas. Misunder- sanding the software approach, inp errorsane! wrong boundary conditions from CAD data are some common ones. These ean0- ron mistakes are easy to detec ane check if proper isometries ane {npr daa eeoes ar provided. However, sonte areas of improper analysis are noras obvious and may even be misconsered, ‘One are of improper analysis, which is openly mishanledby some software packages, warrants special areavion. This improper analjisinvlves che so-aled piping resting or singl-acting sy- ‘pore The esing supporallows the pipe to move up without rexie- "ion, bur wil support the pipe preventing i from moving dawn= ‘wand, lis obvious hac when the pipe moves up and off the vontsee point, it sno longer being supported. Tis ery fiandamental fct somchow is aot ecogaized by some popula software packages and thie wers. They teat the pipes being supported in the hot cond ‘ion simply because itis supported during the cold condition To ensure syructurl integrity ofthe pipe, atleast wo stres cate _ories normally have to be evaluated. One is sustained sress tha is

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