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Piping Systems

DC White & Partners Ltd have extensive experience in the design and substantiation of a wide variety of piping systems. Practical experience is complemented by specialist in-house pipe analysis software.


SERVICES

Static, dynamic, seismic and fatigue analysis to national and international standards,
e.g. BS806, ASME B31.3.

Design recommendations for all aspects of pipe systems, in particular support methods, flange selection and material specifications.

Developing design specification

Independent design substantiation.

Inspection of in-service pipelines

Design for fluid/steam hammer effects.

Recommendation for remedial actions.



PROJECTS

Process chemical plant

Nuclear installations

Process pipelines

Power generation steam systems

Fire fighting systems

High temperature steam systems for building services

The figure above shows a model of a chemical pipeline and manifold system. Finite element analyses were performed using shell elements. The following load cases were addressed

Self Weight
Internal Pressure
Thermal Expansion
Frequency
Dynamic Loading


The movements of the system were measured using accelerometers and a post dynamic spectrum analysis performed, which characterises the acceleration data across the entire frequency range.

 
           
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