FEA-Nozzles

a module in COMPRESS
Q: How do I make a comprehensive finite
element analysis on nozzles I design with
COMPRESS?

A:

Ctrl + Click

It cant get any easier than that. Once you have

designed a nozzle in COMPRESS and specified
any applied loads you are one click away from FEA.

FEA-Nozzles is a module of FEPipe, the excellent finite element analysis program

from Paulin Research. FEA-Nozzles receives a data set from COMPRESS and in
about ten minutes generates a complete finite element analysis.

FEA-Nozzles calculates and reports

Stress The actual stress developed on the nozzle and in the shell as a
result of internal pressure and applied loads for various load cases.
Stress Intensification Factors (SIFs) FEA calculated stress divided by
stress calculated by ordinary methods yields this factor which is useful in
predicting stress in other load cases. The pipe stress analysts want this
number.
Code compliance Do the developed stresses exceed those permitted by
the Code?
Allowable operating, expansion, sustained loads These are the maximum loads which can be applied to the nozzle.
Fatigue stresses Repeated pressure cycles can cause a nozzle to fail.
You can input your own cyclic history or use a Code default.
MAWP This MAWP calculated numerically finds that pressure which will
bring the nozzle to the maximum allowable stress.
Stiffnesses This determines how the nozzle will react to an applied
piping or other load.
ASME VIII Div 2 primary stresses and allowables In Div 2 you can
consider secondary, temporary, and peak stresses, not defined in Div 1.

The above calculations have practical value because

FEA-Nozzles offers an alternative to WRC-107 and WRC-297.
Large nozzles can be analyzed, not depending on Appendix1-7b
and U2-g.
Nozzles on knuckles can be analyzed.
Nozzles on cones can be analyzed.
True MAWP can be calculated, not depending on Code rules. A
nozzle inadequate by Code rules may sometimes be shown by
analysis to be acceptable.
Effects of fatigue can be analyzed to predict useful life.
With stiffness you can use your favorite pipe stress program to
more accurately design a piping connection to the vessel.

The reports from FEA-Nozzles are extensive and comprehensive. These reports are stored in HTML files and are
accompanied with bitmap plots of stresses and displacements. They are included as a part of the COMPRESS
report.
FEA-Nozzles automatically meshes the model and checks
the mesh to confirm that it will give a satisfactory solution.
The objective in writing this program has been to make it
as automatic as possible. You do not have the flexibility to
adjust parameters as in FEPipe, but you do have incredible
ease of use. If you also have FEPipe you can retrieve the
file generated by FEA-Nozzles and make adjustments.

FEA-Nozzles can pay for itself the first time it is

used. Go figure that return on investment!

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