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Flex analysis for piping

Flex analysis for piping

The possibility to check pipe flexibilty for thermal expansion and other loads. Preferably en 13480.

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DRoam
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There are already tools available for doing this. Nastran In-CAD is probably the most full-featured, but Inventor Professional comes with its own built-in stress analysis tool. Before posting an idea, please make sure you've investigated all current capabilities, or post a question to the Inventor forum if you're unsure.

Anonymous
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I am fully aware of the capabilities in nastran and the built in stress analysis tool. However the interpretations using fea when designing according to a design code like EN 13480, gives many times to little or to much stress. If the design by formula gives an allowable pressure of 14 bar on a pipe, and when using nastran you could push it to 19 or maybe not more than 9 barg, when should you stop refining mesh.

FEA is a fabulous tool, but sometimes hardcore DBF is easyer and better.

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