instructor:
Gaurav Bhende

Duration:
55 Hours

PIPE STRESS ANALYSIS - PIPING COMBO

The Piping-Pipeline Combo Stress Analysis Program is a 46-hour comprehensive course blending piping stress fundamentals with specialized pipeline stress analysis techniques, covering ASME B31.3, B31.4, and B31.8 codes, CAESAR II modelling, manual and advanced calculations, soil-pipe interaction, seismic analysis, and pipeline hazards to ensure mastery in both plant piping and cross-country pipeline systems.

instructor: Gaurav Bhende

Duration: 55 Hours

Isometric view of a large-scale industrial piping manifold system with various fittings and valves

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Course Content

30 lectures
55h Duration

The concepts of Displacement Field, Stress & Strain Field
Modulus of Elasticity and its significances
What is 'Tensor'? Stress as a Tensor
Longitudinal stress, Radial stress, Circumferential (Hoop) stress
Moment of Inertia
Stress-strain curve and practical approach to look towards it

3D state of stress
Mohr's circle
Theories of Failures:
Maximum Shear Stress Theory
Von Mises Theory
Importance of stress analysis
Hand calculation example for stresses in the system (without software)

Primary stresses and their characteristics
Secondary stresses and their characteristics
Occasional stresses and their characteristics
Which type of stress is more critical
Mode of failure of each type

Why equations are written in a particular way
What is the significance of + and - sign?
What is 'stress range'?
Stress relaxation
Self-springing of material
What are liberal stresses
Scope and Exclusions of ASME B31.3
Primary stresses equation and its allowable
Secondary stresses equation and its allowable
Occasional stress equation and its allowable

How to write load cases and their nomenclature
Various methods of combination such as scalar and algebraic
Why a particular load case is written in a particular way?
How to write the load cases using Caesar II software
Different types of load cases
How the allowable stresses are understood by the software when a particular load case is called
How to write the load cases when a spring is introduced in the system
How to write load cases when force is present in the system

CAESAR II is one of the finest stress analysis software using beam element, and this course explains its advantages, limitations, programming logic, and fundamental modelling techniques.
Basic elements - True
Hand calculation of thermal force and stresses, evaluating them with scissor to answer
How software works
Important features of configuration setup
What is 'degree of freedom'
Introduction to modelling commands
Node and connecting Node - its application
How to apply wind and earthquake loads
Advantages and limitations of the software
Difference between pipe element and rigid element

This course continues from Course 5 and focuses on building load cases in CAESAR II software, covering load combinations, wind and earthquake applications, and result interpretation.
Different features of the Wizard
How to make the most out of the various advantages provided by the software
How to apply wind, earthquake, and forces in the load cases
How to interpret the results
How to correlate the results with the code
How to identify whether liberal stress is ON or not
How to interpret the positive and negative sign convention in CAESAR II
How to backtrack the sources of forces and stresses by integrating the results

After completing the earlier courses, this course emphasizes experimentation, trial-and-error learning, and predicting results with CAESAR II to strengthen stress analysis skills.
Study the effects of temperature, supports, and layout on the results
How to reduce the forces and moments
Basic techniques to solve a stress system and compare the results
Learn handy commands like Copy, Duplicate, and Rotate
Liberal stress and its effect on allowable stress

This course teaches manual stress calculations including span determination, guided cantilever method, and flexibility evaluation, comparing hand calculations with CAESAR II results.
Span calculation based on allowable stress, deflection, and natural frequency
Theory and application of Guided Cantilever Method
Solving problems using hand calculations
Verification of results with CAESAR II software
Understanding the accuracy and limitations of manual methods

This course covers graphical methods for expansion loop sizing, prediction of loops, and verification with CAESAR II, essential for piping engineers and designers at the FEED stage.
Predict the number of loops on a line
Calculate forces and moments on anchor bases using graphical methods
Determine distance between anchor points on a pipe rack
Decide the height of the loop
Guidelines for sizing 3D expansion loops
Validation of nomograph method with CAESAR II Wizard
Advantages, limitations, and practical applications of graphical methods

This course explains different types of pipe supports, their applications, and best practices, focusing on translating stress analysis results into practical support designs.
Different types of supports and their applications
Where to use which type of support
Do's and don'ts about support usage
Reading arrow markings on stress isometrics
Simple vs. complicated supports
Primary supports and secondary supports

Learn variable spring concepts including hot load, cold load, variability, catalog selection, and verification with CAESAR II.
What is Hot load
What is Cold load
What is Variability of the spring
How Hot load, Cold load and Variability are co-related
What is Cold load setting
What is Hot load setting
What is Extended load range
How to read Spring catalogue
How to select spring from catalogue
Various entries of Spring Wizard in detail
How to write the 'Load cases' with spring
Hand calculations verified with CAESAR II

Understand constant effort spring design, internal mechanism, vendor catalog selection, and validation with practical cases.
How constant effort spring works
Understand its internal mechanism in a simple way
The mathematics involved in it
Learn to read vendor catalogue
How to select a constant of a spring through it
How to write the load cases
Perform a practical and verify our theory against the results obtained

Explore types of expansion joints, pressure thrust elimination, bellow selection, and CAESAR II expansion joint wizard.
The different types of Expansion joints
Pressure thrust due to bellow
How to eliminate it
Tied bellow, untied bellow, pressure balance bellow
Expansion joint wizard in CAESAR II
How to read the catalogue of expansion joint
How to select the bellow
How to model a pressure balance bellow

What is flexibility factor
What is SIF
How to calculate it using Appendix D of ASME B31.3
Limitations of ASME B31.3 Appendix D
Markl's work in SIF
Overview of Finite Analysis method to get SIF
The myths and truths about SIF
How SIF is used in stress equations
Should we consider SIF in Sustained and Occasional cases?
Mitre bends and their SIF
How flexibility of the bend changes with its connection to flanges
Discussing technical paper authored by the faculty

Causes of flange leakage
Industry-approved practices to prevent leaks
Impact of loads, alignment, and thermal effects
How to analyze leakage risk in CAESAR II
Practical guidelines for engineers

How to identify stress critical lines
How to make critical line list
Documents needed to form a system
How to form a Stress System
Where to break the systems
What to read in reference documents
How to extract report from CAESAR II
How to prepare stress isometrics
How to select and call support from support standard
How to write a good stress report

Minimum or common check points in CAESAR II model
Critical check points
How to check the results by applying 'Thumb Rules'
How to identify if the analyst has 'cheated or managed the results'
How to check hard copy report
Common errors

How to give UDL (Uniformly distributed loads)
How and when to provide Point loads
How to calculate minimum axial loads on anchor bay
Thumb rules of loading

Tank Piping
Heat Exchanger Piping
Column Piping
Air Fin Cooler Piping
Turbine and Compressor Piping

Pipelines and their failures
Difference between Piping and Pipeline stress analysis
Pipeline fittings
Introduction of Pipe-Soil interaction
Restrained and unrestrained sections
Water hammer effects on pipeline
Introduction to seismic wave propagation
Pipeline buckling, soil liquefaction, etc.

Restrained / Unrestrained Pipeline concept
Pipeline thickness calculations
External pressure check for pipeline
Poisson's shrinkage, pressure elongation, thermal expansion
Why equations are written in a particular way
Significance of + and - sign
Scope and Exclusions of ASME B31.4 and B31.8
Code equations

Key points in Pipeline Design Basis
Alignment sheets
Pipeline P & ID
Station Approach Drawing
Monolithic Insulation Joint

Creating a CAESAR II model accurately and quickly
Case study with pipeline model including launcher, receiver, MIJ

Trial and error method to learn stress analysis
Predicting results of small models and verifying with CAESAR II
Understanding results and learning from experiments

Overview of buried pipe behavior
Soil properties and their significance
CAESAR II buried module - Basic method and ALA method
Comparison between the two methods
Discussion on technical paper

Pipeline thickness calculations as per ASME B31.4
Pipeline thickness calculations as per ASME B31.8
Pipeline thickness calculations for external pressure
Buoyancy calculations
Anchor force calculations
Virtual anchor length calculation
Support span calculations

Limitations of software to perform seismic analysis for buried pipelines
Basics about earthquakes
Types of seismic waves
Boundary separation of tectonic plates
Types of faults
Seismic wave propagation calculations

Pipeline penetration resistance calculations
Upheaval buckling calculations
Crossing (Road / Rail) calculations

What is Geo-Hazard
Landslides
Soil Liquefaction
Lateral Spread
Fault / Fissures
Blasting
Water Hammer
Karst, Sink Holes

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Know Your Trainer

MTech - VJTI (Mumbai) Chartered Engineer (C.Engg - IEI) Pipe Stress & Structural Dynamics Specialist

Meet Your Trainer:Gaurav Bhende

✔22+ years of hardcore industrial design engineering and dynamic testing experience.
✔Actively involved in critical live industrial design validation and technical execution projects.
✔Leads and manages a high-performing global corporate team of 40+ engineering professionals.
✔Extremely experienced in navigating rigorous third-party compliance audits for international consultants.
✔Multi-year global award-winning professional and highly celebrated industry keynote speaker.
✔Specializes in bridging advanced software simulation modelling with real-world structural compliance.
✔Conducts comprehensive weekly live Q&A modules to solve active job queries for global workforces.

22+Years Industrial
Experience

2000+Professionals Trained
Online & Offline

30+Countries Professionals
Reached

40+Professionals
Led

Core Engineering & Design Expertise:

✓Piping Codes & Standards: Exceptional authority over international codes including ASME B31.1 (Power Piping), B31.3 (Process Piping), B31.4, B31.8, ISO 14692 (GRP/FRP Piping), EN 13480, and AS 2885.
✓Advanced Analysis & Analytics: Thorough comprehensive understanding of Pipe Stress Analysis, Pipe Support Analysis, Structural Design, FEA Reports, Hydraulic Reports, P&IDs, PV Elite Reports, and CFD Analysis.
✓Software Simulation Mastery: Elite hands-on expert and corporate trainer in industry-leading software suites like CAESAR II, ROHR II, and ANSYS.

Distinguished Career Highlights & Milestones:

★Drivers of Success Global Champion: Awarded the prestigious First Prize consecutively in 2011 and 2012 in the globally celebrated "Drivers of Success" competition hosted by Intergraph.
★HXGN Global Conference Speaker: Featured technical speaker at the HXGN 2013 Global Conference on the high-end topic "Effect of Modelling Supports with CII’s Structural Module on Static and Seismic Analysis".
★CAU Express Official Presenter: Hand-picked as the elite official presenter for CAU Express across 2015, 2016, and 2017, anchoring advanced engineering symposiums across major industrial hubs.
★International White Paper Author: Researched and presented breakthrough white papers in top-tier international engineering conferences, including official ASME technical conventions.

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Reviews

Sayali Jangam

Experience: 4 Years

L&T Hyrocarbon

It was a great experience during the Pressure Vessel Design training. I have gained very in-depth knowledge about all aspects of Design. It boosted my confidence and as a result the growth in my career has been significant.

Belkacem Kisri

Experience: 5 Years

Bilfinger LTM Industrie SAS

This course is very good. In-depth knowledge about ASME code and Pressure Vessel, Heat Exchanger design & Nozzle Pro FEA. All the concepts are deeply explained. It has helped me enhance my knowledge and confidence.

Elmigdad Omer

Experience: 4 Years

Doha Petroleum Construction Co. Ltd.

My thanks and appreciation to Mr. Sachin Pol for sharing his experience and his effort to make this course effective with technical knowledge and good engineering practices. A great learning experience!

Raghuraman R

Experience: 17 Years

Technip Energies

This is the easiest and quickest way to learn the Code and static design. Very simplified method to make the concepts clear. Calculations are explained in very much detail.

Mangesh Deshmukh

Experience: 14 Years

Toyo

Trainer is technically very perfect and is even a better mentor. The training Program is very organized and cleared all my doubts about static design. Even minute details are taken care of.

Swati Bote

Experience: 10 Years

Worley

I have developed a thorough understanding about the various code requirements and calculations after doing this course. My approach towards Design has become more practical.

Priyanka Burhanpure

Experience: 13 Years

Thermax Ltd.

The content of the course is well-organized and covers all the concepts, code requirements and manual calculations which you need very badly as a Design Engineer. I found this as the only course where you can ask your live project queries.

Arvind Surve

Experience: 22 Years

Alfa Laval

The Quality of teaching is simply excellent! Highly explanatory animations for better understanding, which has made all the concepts very clear.

Mauli Khandekar

Experience: 11 Years

GSEC

The ASME code is difficult to understand and interpret, but the Trainer has made it simple and interesting. The only course in which manual design calculations/problems are taught in-depth.

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Experience: 5 Years

TechInt

This is one of the best courses for Static Equipment Design Engineers. It's well-structured, easy to follow, and covers everything—from detailed explanations to manual calculations. A truly comprehensive and valuable course.

Umesh Kulkarni

Experience: 25 Years

Thermax

A very good course. Detailed explanation about the basic concepts. I have gained a lot of knowledge of Pressure Vessel and Heat Exchanger Design. I would definitely recommend this course.

Bhavik Modi

Experience: 10 Years

HLE Glascoat Ltd.

Great learning and experience. Their mentorship has really helped me to enhance my knowledge. This is such a comprehensive online platform for Static Equipment Engineers with manual calculations & Live Q&A sessions.

Brahmananda Mohapatra

Experience: 14 Years

Shreno Engineering Ltd.

I have very much benefited from Live Q&A session as I was able to get the answers to my project queries. It has boosted my confidence and as a result I have successfully faced ASME U-stamp Audit. This training has really transformed my career.

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Experience: 2.5 Years

Meinhardt Group

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