Trusted since 1985
History
• CAEPIPE is the first PC-based pipe stress software (www.sstusa.com)
• Development started in mid-1983 and first version released in mid-1985
• SST provides the solutions and services to
Power (Fossil & Sugar & Food Sheet / Metal
Refinery Fertilizers
Nuclear) Processing Process
Aircraft and Defense Oil & Gas Chemical &
Pharmaceutical
Aerospace Industries Production Petrochemical
Water & Waste
Paper & Pulp Ship Building Building Services
Treatment
History
CAEPIPE updates are released twice a year to include:
• Changes to Piping Codes and Standards
• Enhancements and Bug fixes to CAEPIPE
• New features, User-requested features & Improved old features
V10.10 V11.00
Oct 25, Dec 2,
2019 2022
Details of enhancement:
http://www.sstusa.com/caepipe-enhancements.php
What is CAEPIPE?
CAEPIPE is a FEA tool which performs linear and
non-linear, static and dynamic structural analysis for
PIPES:
• Metallic piping
• Above-ground pipes
• Buried pipes
• Jacketed pipes
• Fiber-Reinforced Piping (FRP)
BEAMS: To include the flexibility of pipe
support structures in the analysis
Capabilities
STATIC ANALYSIS DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
• Deadweight of • Modal analysis
• Pipe and all its components
• Operating fluid • Dynamic seismic acceleration
• Hydrotest • Uniform Response Spectrum
• Snow • Multi-level Response Spectrum
• Lining and Cladding • Harmonic loads (e.g., pump excitation)
• Multiple pressures (10) • Time history loads (e.g., slug flow, fluid hammer,
relief valve)
• Design Pressure
• Force spectrum for impulsive load
• Multiple thermal loads (10)
• Design Temperature
• Static external loads
• Thermal movement of Nozzles & Anchors (10)
• Static equivalent Seismic g-factors
• Seismic displacements (at supports)
• Building Settlement (at supports)
• Multiple Winds (4)
Codes Compliance
PIPING CODES • RCC-M and CODETI (French)
• ASME B31.1 (Power piping) • Stoomwezen (Dutch)
• ASME B31.3 (Process and refinery piping) • Norwegian
• ASME B31.4 (Liquid Petroleum Transportation) • Swedish
• ASME B31.5 (Refrigeration piping) • BS 806 (British)
• ASME B31.8 (Gas Transmission and Distribution) • Z-183, Z-184 and Z662 (Canadian)
• ASME B31.9 (Building Services) • None
• ASME B31.12 (Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines)
• ASME Section III Subsection NC - Class 2 (Nuclear piping) EQUIPMENT CODES
• ASME Section III, Subsection ND - Class 3 (Nuclear piping) • NEMA SM-23 (Turbines)
• European EN 13480-3 • API 610 (Vertical and Horizontal pumps)
• Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) • API 617 (Compressors)
• European EN 13941-1 • ANSI /HI 9.6.2 (Rotodynamic Pumps)
Additional Features
• Pressure Design of Pipe & Pipe Fittings as per EN Code EN 13480-3 (2017)
• Flange Evaluation as per ASME Section III Subsection NC (2017) and ASME Section VIII Division 1 (2013)
• Flange Equivalent Pressure as per NC-3658.1 of ASME Section III Class 2 (2017) and Eq. 6.6.1-2 of EN 13480-3 (2020)
• Nozzle allowable loads calculation for spherical and cylindrical shells as per EN 13445-3:2014/A8:2019
• Calculation of local shell stresses as per WRC Bulletin 537 for Nozzles attached to Cylindrical and Spherical Vessels and
Evaluation of those stresses as per ASME Section VIII, Division 2 (2017)
• Evaluation of Hollow Circular Attachments (Lugs) and Solid Rectangular Attachments (Lugs) welded to Pipe as per ASME
Section III, Subsections NC & ND (2010) and EN 13480-3 (2017)
• Static Seismic g’s computation as per ASCE/SEI 7-16
• Design Wind Force computation as per ASCE/SEI 7-16 and EN 1991-1-4 (2010)
• Automatic Spring Hanger Selection & Sizing from 35 built-in hanger catalogs
• Relief valve loading
• 95+ load combinations
• User defined allowable loads for equipment
https://www.sstusa.com/downloads/CAEPIPEInfo.pdf
https://www.sstusa.com/caepipe-features.php
https://www.sstusa.com/piping-software-download.php
Why use CAEPIPE?
• It is the Fastest
• Exceptional Versatility
• Models twice as fast
• Practical & Efficient tool
• Multi-threading
• Advantages over others
http://www.sstusa.com/caepipe-advantages.php
Why use CAEPIPE ?
User Interface:
• Easy layout & modeling
Ease of Replication/Modification
• Easy to replicate pipe sections & supports
• Quick change of loads in sections/areas
• Collectively modify data/properties in List Window
Working Smart
• Import model with translators
• Units can be changed any time
• Intelligent load cases selection from piping code
• Quick and easy keystrokes for components
checkSTRESS
Plugins
Available plugin benefits:
• saving a lot of time and man hours
• assure no pipe clashes in operation
HOTclash
• immense cost-savings
+ checkSTRESS
+ HOTclash
dataTranslators
+ dataTranslators
=
http://www.sstusa.com/caepipe3d.php
Translators : 3D Plant Design Systems to CAEPIPE
E3D / PDMS / TRIBON Plant Modeller
PCF from Other 3D
Plant Design
Systems
PDS
CATIA
CAEPIPE / CAEPIPE 3D+
AutoCAD Plant 3D
SmartPlant 3D
OpenPlant / AutoPLANT
Translators: CAEPIPE and other Stress / Flow / Isometric software
AFT Impulse
Optional
Included
CAEPIPE Review Module
• We understand that designing industrial systems requires teamwork.
• Supervisor, client and vendors need to review the layouts and stress Supervisor
reports of piping systems during design & construction phase of a
project.
• Just like the PDF reader, CAEPIPE Review is a reader which also
allows reviewing results graphically instead of reading text reports Pipe Stress
Stress
only.
Analyst
Model & Client
Results
• CAEPIPE Review is distributed FREE of license fees.
• You can also review models from CAESAR II, AutoPIPE & PipePAK
through CAEPIPE Review. Vendors
For details visit:
https://www.sstusa.com/review-software-download.php
Who uses CAEPIPE?
• 3500+ Licenses worldwide
User Friendly Manuals
User Interface Instructions Technical Details Implementation of Piping Codes Verification of Results
https://www.sstusa.com/caepipe-docs.php
CAEPIPE Tutorials
1. Basic Pipe Stress Analysis 14. Lug Evaluation
2. Modeling and Results Review (Problems 1 & 2) 15. Reduction of Support Loads with Cold Spring
3. Pressure Design of Pipe and Pipe Fittings 16. Rotating Equipment Compliance
4. Analysis with Multiple Thermal Loads 17. Buried Piping Modeling and Analysis
5. Analysis of Refrigeration Piping 18. Response Spectrum Analysis
6. Modeling of Expansion Joints 19. Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) Load Analysis
7. Modeling Victaulic Coupling 20. Force Spectrum Analysis
8. Modeling of MetraLoop 21. Harmonic Analysis
9. FRP Piping Modeling and Analysis 22. Steam Hammer Analysis
10. Jacketed Piping Modeling and Analysis 23. Structural Analysis using BEAM elements
11. Flange Qualification 24. Modeling Braided FlexHose
12. Qualification of Nozzles to Equipment 25. Soil Modeling for Buried Piping
13. Local Shell Stresses at Nozzles to Equipment (WRC-537)
https://www.sstusa.com/caepipe-tutorials.php
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