Course Outline
- INTRODUCTION
History of piping and vessel Codes, Scope and definitions, Schematic process of Oil and Gas facilities - PIPING ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DRAFTING
Piping Engineering : Pipe sizing, Pressure drop for Incompressible fluid, Materials, Pressure and temperature rating establishment, Pipe fittings, Piping class, Pipe supports, Piping flexibility.
Mechanical-Piping Design Drafting : Design drafting system - PIPING SYSTEM COMPONENT
Piping System Component: Pipe wall thickness under internal, external pressures and under high internal pressure, Pipe bend / Elbow, Pipe branches, Flanges, Blinds, Bolts and Gaskets, Non- Standard blind flanges, Blanks and Restriction orifice, Bolts and Gaskets, Manual valves, Relief valves, Piping specialty items and Piping strainer. - PIPE SUPPORTS
Pipe Support Design, Type of Support Loads, Primary Loads : Secondary Loads, Primary and Secondary Support.
Common Type of Pipe Supports : Cantilever pipe supports with end and intermediate point load, Point Load between two supports, L type pipe supports with end point load, T type pipe supports with end point load. - PIPING CLASS
Piping Class and Its Piping Components : Pressure – Temperature flange rating, Design limits, Pipe size and Material, Fittings, Flanges, Blinds, Spacers, Valves, Gaskets, Bolt Torquing, Branch connections, Special treatment, Piping class identifications. - STRESS ANALYSIS
Principal Axis and Stress, Failure theories, Pipe Stress : Maximum principal stress failure theory, maximum shear stress failure theory, Allowable stress, Displacement stress range. - PIPING FLEXIBILITY
Piping Flexibility : L shape between two anchors, Expansion Loop 2D, Expansion Loop 3D. - ATTACHMENTS
Sample calculations in PDF files

