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ASME Piping Seminar
ASME Piping Seminar
Flexibility Analysis
The process of calculating the strains and
resultant stresses in piping systems to
determine if the system
¾ has adequate support
¾ has sufficient flexibility to safely
accommodate changes in length
resulting from temperature variations
¾ exerts sufficiently low reaction forces at
restraints and equipment
C-2
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ASME Piping Seminar
Proposed System
NPS 4
Carbon Steel
70 to 600°F
SG contents = 1.0
C-3
Adequate Support
Check Deflections
Marginal:
Deflected 0.4 in.
> 0.3 in.
Normal
Maximum
C-4
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Adequate Support
Check Reactions 1020# 50#
Reactions
Poorly
Distributed
120# 450#
C-5
Adequate Support
Check Stresses
Stresses
OK
C-6
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ASME Piping Seminar
Adequate Support
Revised System (Added Support)
1020# 50#
Max. Displacement – 600# 120#
0.4 in. to 0.1 in.
Max. Stress –
66% to 34% of allowable
Displacements
Stresses &
Reactions
All OK
120# 450# 0#
170# 300# 450#
C-7
Sufficient Flexibility
Check Deflections 0.4 in.
Deflections
OK
0.9 in.
C-8
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ASME Piping Seminar
Sufficient Flexibility
Check Reactions
1190# 150#
Reactions
High, Poorly
Distributed
60# 260# 1240#
C-9
Sufficient Flexibility
Check Stresses
C-10
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ASME Piping Seminar
Sufficient Flexibility
Revised System (Added Spring
Support)
1190# 150#
0 160#
Max. Displacement –
0.9 in. to 1.5 in.
Max. Stress –
79% to 48% of allowable Displacements
Stresses &
Reactions
All OK
60# 260# 1240#
40# 0 150#
C-11
C-12
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Ball Slip
Pressure Thrust
C-16
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ASME Piping Seminar
Pressure Thrust
(EJMA)
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ASME Piping Seminar
Bellows Movement
C-19
Bellows Movement
Lateral (EJMA)
Inefficient for bellows
10
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C-21
3-dimensional application
(EJMA)
C-22
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C-23
(EJMA)
(EJMA)
C-24
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C-25
(EJMA)
C-26
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C-27
C-28
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ASME Piping Seminar
(EJMA)
(EJMA)
C-29
Shipping Braces
C-30
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