About This Course
This specialized course is engineered to definitively bridge the critical interface between the geometric domain of Piping Design and the mechanical verification domain of Pipe Stress Analysis.
In modern capital projects, successful design hinges on continuous, informed communication. We will demystify the stress engineer’s criteria for designers, translating complex ASME code limitations into actionable design rules for the 3D model. Participants will learn how initial layout decisions—such as routing, support selection, and component placement—directly generate load vectors that determine system compliance.
You will master the documentation workflow, ensuring that your deliverables proactively address the stress engineer’s concerns, minimizing costly flexibility iterations and ensuring that your piping layouts are mechanically sound from the first draft. This integration transforms piping designers into proactive system contributors, capable of designing for constructability, cost, and code compliance simultaneously.
Learning Objectives
Material Includes
- Lecture slides and presentations
- Case studies and practical examples
- Charts and Nomographs
Requirements
- MS Team account with.
- MS Whiteboard.
- Please bring a calculator to each day of class.
Target Audience
- Piping Designers / 3D Modelers: Learn to implement stress-informed routing and support placement directly in the 3D model, eliminating non-compliant designs before they reach the analysis team.
- Junior Piping Engineers: Gain a strong understanding of the design-analysis interface, significantly accelerating their technical contribution and ability to troubleshoot initial layouts.
- Piping Supervisors / Team Leads: Workflow Optimization: Acquire the language and checklists to ensure quality assurance (QA) over design deliverables, drastically reducing communication loops and rework cycles.
- Project Engineers / Coordinators: Understand the critical checkpoints and documentation required by the stress team, enabling them to accelerate project flow and ensure deliverables are approved faster.
- Civil/Structural Designers: Accurate Interface Management: Understand the functions of different support types (e.g., rigid vs. guide) to better manage the interface, ensuring the structural design accurately accounts for mechanical load transfer.
Curriculum
Principles of Spatial Constraint and Optimized Pipe Routing
Application and Interpretation of Governing ASME B31 Code Criteria
Functional Classification and Load Transfer Mechanisms of Support Systems
Categorization of Supports: Rigid, Flexible, and Dynamic Restraint Systems
Specification Compliance of Standard and Engineered Piping Supports (MSS SP-58/MSS SP-69)
Systematic Selection Methodology for Controlling Displacement and Managing Load Vectors
Industry-Specific Design Aids and Quick Reference Charts for Piping Layout
Preliminary Sizing Methods for Optimum Support Spans and Thermal Expansion Loop Geometry
Systematic Review of Stress Analysis Deliverables and Completeness Checklist
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