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The results can be alarming, and it's so easy to do. To accomplish the same task in the past would
require running FEA software separately, generate the new SIFs and flexibilities, then make
elaborate modifications to the pipe stress model to reflect these changes; very time consuming.
The technology at work in FEATools was developed over the last 22 years by Paulin Research Group
(Tony Paulin being the original author of CAESAR II and a world leader in piping & vessel FEA
research and code committee member/guru).
For many reasons, every CAESAR II user should have FEATools on their desktop today.
FEATools Main Menu:
Modules included:
FE107 - FEA on fabricated branch connections: Unreinforced Tees, Pad-reinforced Tees and Laterals
Stresses per ASME Section VIII, Division 2 with comparison to WRC 107 & WRC 297.
FE-107 Screens
FESIF - FEA on fabricated branch connections: Designed to calculate SIFs and stiffness values for
use in CAESAR II.
FEBend - FEA on bends with our without attachments, including piping and structural attachments.
Generate SIFs stiffness and perform full stress evaluations. FEBend Screens
FETee - FEA on contoured Tees. Extruded and B16.9 Tees included. Useful for
evaluating non-compliant Tees.
CAESAR II Enhanced Branch Connection Modeler - Use FEA or ST-LLC-07-02 to apply more
applicable data to a CAESAR II input file than beam-theory and code defaults.
Automatically models FEA-evaluated SIFs and k's and creates a new CAESAR II model with the
modifications. This feature alone is worth the price of admission.
New Branch Connection SIFs and Ks - Display & compare SIF and stiffness factors from a
wide variety of notable sources. Also calculates stresses for various combinations of loads.
New Branch Connection SIF and Ks Screen.
FE-107 Input: