Piping Stress Analysis Using CAESAR II Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the purpose and principles of piping stress and flexibility analysis and the consequences of inadequate analysis on Day 1.
• Explain sustained, displacement, and occasional stresses and the stress evaluation requirements of commonly used piping codes.
• Apply criteria for identifying stress-critical lines and determining the required level of analysis.
• Navigate the CAESAR II environment and build piping models, including pipes, bends, tees, reducers, valves, flanges, and expansion joints.
• Model restraints and supports, including anchors, guides, line stops, resting supports, friction, and spring hangers.
• Set up operating, sustained, expansion, hydrotest, and occasional load cases, including wind, seismic, and relief valve thrust.
• Interpret CAESAR II results, including code stress checks, displacements, and restraint loads, and resolve overstress conditions.
• Evaluate equipment nozzle loads for pumps, compressors, turbines, air coolers, pressure vessels, and storage tanks against applicable criteria.
• Perform flange leakage evaluations using recognized methods.
• Design spring hangers, expansion loops, and support arrangements to achieve acceptable stresses and loads.
• Apply introductory dynamic analysis, including modal analysis, to identify vibration risks.
• Prepare, check, and document stress analysis reports and apply quality assurance practices by the end of Day 5.

Who Should Attend

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Explain why piping stress analysis is required and what it protects.
• Distinguish sustained, expansion, and occasional stresses and their code limits.
• Identify which lines require formal stress analysis.
• Build accurate piping models in CAESAR II.
• Model supports and restraints realistically.
• Define appropriate load cases for different design conditions.
• Interpret stress, displacement, and restraint load results.
• Resolve overstress and excessive load problems through design changes.
• Check equipment nozzle loads against applicable criteria.
• Evaluate flange leakage risk.
• Select spring hangers and design expansion loops.
• Prepare clear, complete stress analysis reports.

Course Outline