Course 1 – ASME B31.3 Process Piping.

Duration 30 hours

 Introduction-General Definitions, Piping Development Process, B31 Piping Codes , Fluid

Service Definitions
 Type of Fittings - elbows, weld tee, stub in, couplings, reducers, weld cap, screwed and
socket welded fittings, Pipe nipples, flanged fittings and use of fittings
 Metallic Pipe & Fitting Selection - Piping System Failure , Bases for Selection , Listed versus
Unlisted Piping Components , Fluid Service Requirements , Piping components
 Non-metallic Piping Systems(FRP,GRP,HDPE)
 Strength of Materials - Bases for Design Stresses , B31.3 Material Requirements ,
Deterioration in Service
 Pressure Design (metallic) -Design Pressure & Temperature, Quality & Weld Joint Strength
Factors, Pressure Design of Components,Piping Material Specifications
 Pipe wall thickness calculations
 Valve Selection - Code Requirements , Selection by Valve Type
 Introduction to Flexibility Analysis
 Stress Analysis Review and pipe flexibility
 Pipe design for supporting, Support Spacing, Support Locations and hanger design
 Stress analysis of buried pipe lines: Elements of analysis include pipe movements
 Anchorage force, soil friction, lateral soil force and soil pipe interaction.
 Pipe Stress Analysis (CAESER)
o Piping Input and Creation of Model.

o Navigation and Toolbars.

o Static Analysis and Output.
o Checking for Code Compliance.
o Sustained loads, Displacement Loads
o Reaction Design Criteria
o Designing with Expansion Joints - Types of Expansion Joints , Pressure Thrust ,
Installation of Expansion Joints, Metal Bellows Expansion Joints & Other
considerations
o Classification of loads- sustained load & occasional load.
o Requirements of ASME B31.3 code for process piping, stress intensification
factors, thermal analysis using Kellogg charts.
o Dynamic Analysis and Output
o Seismic Analysis / Modal Analysis and Output
o Dynamic Method of Modal/vibration
o Free and Forced Analysis of Piping System
 o CAESAR II Practical Exercises and Case studies
o Output and Interpretation of the Results.
 Project in pipe stress analysis and modelling / detailing
 Flange Leakage Analysis
 API Pump Analysis

Course 2 – ASME Sec VIII, Div. 1 Pressure Vessels Design. Duration

30 hours

The course includes detailed study of pressure vessel design using ASME VIII- Div1, including general
requirements, component design, material consideration and design analysis in PV Elite. The main
objective of this course is to transfer to participants the theoretical and practical skills required in
projects, obtained from experience and sound engineering practices.
 Pressure vessel Design Theory
 Overview of Process equipment in various industries
 Design Code comparison
 ASME BPVC – Boiler and pressure vessel code: Overview
 Design conditions, Temperature, pressure, loads
 Material selection, Corrosion, Essential properties of materials, designation
 Joint efficiency, welded joints, evaluation, Joint efficiency value, selection charts
 Design of parts under Internal Pressure - Section VIII, Div.1 equations
 Cylindrical and spherical shells, Heads: elliptical, spherical
 Design of Conical Transitions, Concentric sections
 Design of Pressure Vessels - ASME Sec. 8, Div. 1
 Shell Thickness Evaluation
 Nozzle & Flange Sizing, Reinforcing pads
 Stiffener Sizing
 Support Design & Weld selection
 3d Modeling of Pressure Vessels using CATIA
 Pressure vessel Datasheet in AutoCAD
 Design by Analysis of Pressure vessel FEA
 Exposure to Fatigue Failure analysis of Pressure vessels FEA
 PV Elite - (ASME VIII-1 & 2, EN13445, PD5500)
 Detailed overview of the features and capabilities
 PV-Elite works for conformance to code rules
 PV Elite GUI - Design of components for internal & external pressure.
 Analysis of stresses due to loads
 Nozzle & Flange design and analysis.
 Vertical vessel skirt, base ring and leg and support lug design.  
 Horizontal vessel saddles support design
 Check for Wind and seismic loads
 Design of hydrotest condition