CADWorx, CAESAR II & PV Elite: Insider Blog

Download the CADWorx Webinar Series

We recently conducted a series of introductory webinars covering the CADWorx Plant Design Suite. All of the sessions presented are now available for you to download and keep.

Webinar 1: Discover the Power of CADWorx – Your Complete Plant Design Suite

Webinar 2: Easier Project Setup Using CADWorx Plant Professional

Webinar 3: Easier Spec Creation Using CADWorx

Webinar 4: Easier Pipe Routing Using CADWorx

Webinar 5: Easier Project Deliverables Creation Using CADWorx

Webinar 6: Easier Analysis Integration Using CADWorx -> CAESAR II

For further information or to receive a trial copy of CADWorx Plant Design Suite, please contact Tox Llaguno.

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar: Check It Out! How an Application Engineer Assesses a CAESAR II Model

with Judy Hodgson, P.E., Plant Design Solutions

Date: August 11, 2015
Duration: 45 minutes
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

How can you better check out your CAESAR II model? Learn how during this webinar.

Judy Hodgson, P.E., will walk through how she approaches models that are sent to her from clients asking for technical support.  

The same techniques can be used by piping engineers to:

• Double-check models before running them.
• Troubleshoot models with questionable results.

An actual model will be assessed live during the webinar.

About the presenter

Judy Hodgson, P.E., serves as a CAESAR II Applications Engineer at Plant Design Solutions, providing in-depth technical support and training for customers. She has nearly 25 years of industry experience. Judy has worked as a consulting engineer at DuPont and as a principal engineer at Westinghouse Electric. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

CAESAR II Webinar: Effective Techniques for Adding Flexibility in Piping Systems

                              

with Mandeep Singh, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: July 16, 2015
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

Assuring sufficient flexibility is the basis for most pipe stress analysis. Piping systems are rather unique structures – they must be stiff enough to contain high pressure and prevent collapse, but they must also be flexible enough to avoid trouble with fatigue failure and equipment overload.
 
One way to meet the demands of thermal strain on the system is the addition of an expansion loop. CAESAR II offers a unique feature that helps the engineer to size the expansion loop to meet selected criteria – expansion stress range or equipment load.
 
This webinar will familiarize you with the Optimization Wizard found in the CAESAR II Input Processor. See how you can gain flexibility for your piping systems.

Speaker bio:

With a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, Mandeep Singh started his career with the Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions group in 1998.  He has experience as a senior developer for both Intergraph PV Elite and Intergraph CAESAR II. Mandeep is currently the Product Manager of CAESARII and is actively involved in the engineering, development and support of the product. He works with customers to get their requirements, and channel them to the development team and presents sessions and seminars on new developments in the software. Mandeep Singh is currently a member of ASME and is working towards his certification as a Professional Engineer (PE).

Intergraph Webinar: FEATools - Efficient Workflow Exercise

with Bill Shipley and George Montgomery, ECE Design

Date: June 16, 2015
Duration: 40 min
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

Join George Montgomery and Bill Shipley from ECE as they demonstrate a practical application of the FEATools software solution from Intergraph. Through the course of the webinar, several unique pipe stress scenarios will be discussed, and solutions will be exercised just as the engineer would with FEATools as a part of their problem solving workflow.

Learn how to quickly, effectively, and efficiently bring Finite Element Analysis to bear on piping and pressure vessel design/analysis problems by generating automatically improved CAESAR II models. Topics will include the C2 07-02 Translator, as well as a brief discussion on FE107, FESIF, FEBend, and FETee. Convince yourself of the impact this technology can have on your pipe stress analysis results.

Speaker bio: 

Bill Shipley has been with ECE Design for over three years working as a Technical Sales Application Specialist. His background includes 15 years of piping experience in 3D Plant Design using AutoCAD & CADWorx.

Graduating from the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MMET) program at Texas A&M University in Spring of 2011, George Montgomery has worked as a Manufacturing Engineer for the oil and gas industry, and later as a CADWorx piping designer. George is currently an Application Engineer at ECE Design delivering technical guidance to ICAS customers, and providing analysis solutions to present-day problems.

CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite & GT STUDL Webinars Now Streaming

Streaming is now available for the current and past Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions webinars covering Intergraph CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite and GT STRUDL!

Access webinars here

This means that you no longer have to download each webinar to watch them. Now, not only will you be able to stream these webinars to your Windows PC, but also to Mac OS, iOS and Android devices.

Let me have your feedback as to how this is working out for you.

Vornel Walker
VP, Marketing

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar: New Offering for Online Training

with Tony Horn, PipingDesignOnline.com

and Dave Diehl, Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions

Date: May 14, 2015
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

PipingDesignOnline.com offers high-quality CAESAR II training solutions through affordable monthly subscriptions. Learn from one of the world's leading instructors at a fraction of the cost of conventional classroom training.

Last year, Tony Horn from PipingDesignOnline.com introduced the release of an online video course on the fundamentals of CAESAR II – a great introduction to the Intergraph pipe stress software. Since then, David Diehl, director of Training at Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions, has been creating new material which Tony has now produced and released as the CAESAR II Statics One online video training course.

The webinar features:

• Material covered by the new CAESAR II Statics One course.
• New flexible pricing options.
• Quick look at future additions.

For more information about online video libraries and training courses, read the flyer.

Speakers' biographies:

Anthony Horn is the owner and creator of PipingDesignOnline.com, the largest CADWorx and CAESAR II software training organization in the world. PipingDesignOnline.com, launched in 2011, contains over 450 specialized CAD and Pipe Stress Analysis training videos, and has served over 2000 subscribers in more than 40 countries.  

David Diehl has been in or around pipe stress analysis for almost 40 years. Since 1999, Dave has participated in the B31.3 Section Committee and is a former chairman of the B31.3 Design Task Group.  He has filled many roles during his time with COADE and now Intergraph, including serving as the product manager for CAESAR II. Dave currently manages training for ICAS and is the lead instructor for CAESAR II.

Webinars Are Now Streaming & For Desktop & Mobile Devices!

Streaming is now available for the first two of our 2015 Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions webinars covering Intergraph PV Elite, CADWorx and CAESAR II!

What's new in PV Elite 2015

CADWorx/CAESAR II Bi-directional Link

This means that you no longer have to download each webinar to watch them. Now, not only will you be able to stream these webinars to your Windows PC, but also to Mac OS, iOS and Android devices. Over the coming months, in addition to our future webinars, we will be enabling streaming for past webinars.

Let me have your feedback as to how this is working out for you.

Vornel Walker
VP, Marketing

Intergraph Webinar: We Give You Integration!

With Paul Martin, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: January 27, 2015
Time: 11:00AM CET 
Download recording here

This webinar will also be hosted in Spanish and in French:

Spanish webinar : Download recording here

French webinar : Download recording here

 

Do your 3D designers and stress analysis engineers work efficiently together, or does each discipline reinterpret and remodel the work of the other? Sound familiar? Today, many companies still perform a manual paper-based handover between 3D design and stress analysis disciplines, impacting on productivity, increasing risk of error, and driving up cost.

What if there was a way to do this more efficiently, accurately and faster?

Sign up for our Integration webinar and learn how you can benefit!
Register now and discover how bi-directional data-exchange between CADWorx® Plant Professional (AutoCAD-based 3D plant design) and both CAESAR II® (pipe stress analysis) and PV Elite® (vessel and heat exchanger analysis) can enable you to:
• Enhance productivity – eliminate re-modelling to save time, cost, and avoid error
• Increase accuracy – analyze exactly what was designed, not a reinterpretation
• Make better decisions  – avoid assumptions and reduce iterations by visualizing the design model in the context inside the analysis environment.

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar: Work Faster with CAESAR II

                              

with Mandeep Singh, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: December 11, 2014
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

Mandeep Singh, CAESAR II product owner, has years of experience speaking with users at various training seminars and conference presentations. During many of these conversations, he discovered that many users are unaware of the numerous time-saving and helpful features built within CAESAR II.

In this webinar, Mandeep will focus on revealing the benefits of  the model generation feature and show you how to skyrocket your productivity and generate the most efficient designs.

Speaker bio:

With a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, Mandeep Singh started his career with the Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions group in 1998.  He has experience as a senior developer for both Intergraph PV Elite and Intergraph CAESAR II. Mandeep is currently the Product Manager of CAESARII and is actively involved in the engineering, development and support of the product. He works with customers to get their requirements, and channel them to the development team and presents sessions and seminars on new developments in the software. Mandeep Singh is currently a member of ASME and is working towards his certification as a Professional Engineer (PE).

CAESAR II Webinar: Failure to Launch – Resolving Non-convergence in CAESAR II

                                   

with David Diehl, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: November 18, 2014
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

CAESAR II can model many nonlinear restraint conditions that you may find in the field – liftoff supports, gaps and restraints, friction.  But some situations, the interaction of these nonlinear conditions and the applied loads cannot be resolved using the F=KX approach used by most pipe stress packages today.  What do you do then?

This webinar will discuss the issue and present an approach to resolve the problem.

Speaker bio:

David Diehl graduated with a BSME from Lehigh University USA in 1976. Upon graduation he took a post as a technical support representative for Auton Computing in New York City. After four years David relocated to Houston, Texas providing technical support for Auton’s Dynaflex – a mainframe-based piping system analysis program. In 1986, he took a position at Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions (COADE, Inc.) introducing and selling CAESAR II, the world’s first PC-based pipe stress analysis package. While at ICAS Dave earned his Professional Engineering license and served as the product manager for CAESAR II.  He currently is the lead instructor for CAESAR II and manages all training for ICAS. For the last ten years Dave has participated in the B31.3 Section Committee and is a former chairman of the Design Task Group there. He also serves as a Director of SPED – the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers.

Stress no more with state-of-the-art analytical tools!

Date: November 13, 2014
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

Download the webinar here

We all know how costly and time consuming design changes can be. Often during analysis, issues occur in piping systems requiring resolution, and eventually changes in design, most commonly overstress locations and/or high equipment loads. What if you could fix these issues without changing the design or route of the pipe?

Download the webinar here and learn how you can benefit!
Discover how Finite Element Analysis used in conjunction with traditional pipe stress and vessel design methods in everyday situations, can deliver:

• Reduced need for design changes
• Higher accuracy, lower costs
• Software integration
• Greater confidence in designs
• Increased productivity

Speaker bio:

Chris Bradshaw is a Business Development Specialist for Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis solutions in Europe, and is responsible for the development of existing accounts and for generating new business.  He has worked with CADWorx, and the analysis solutions – CAESAR II and PV Elite - since 2004, and was previously an Application Engineer responsible for providing pre and post sales technical support, customisation, implementation services and product training, helping clients get the best out of the entire CADWorx suite.

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar : B31.3 2012 SIFs, SSIs, and PRG/Intergraph Test Results

                                           

with Richard Ay, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

and Tony Paulin, Paulin Research Group

Date: October 09, 2014
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here


This webinar covers the joint feature release of CAESAR II version 7.0 and FEA Tools version 2.0. During this webinar, Richard Ay (Intergraph) and Tony Paulin (Paulin Research Group) will :

• Conduct a collapse test to demonstrate how B31.3 torsional allowable moment can be greater than collapse moment
• Conduct a stiffness test to show how calculated displacements of actual 2” stainless steel piping system are underestimated by two times
• Compare B31.3 Equations for expansion and sustained stresses
• Discuss warnings that are provided when pressure stresses are used in the expansion stress calculation
• Discuss recommended data to fill in the CAESAR II V.7.0 SIF and SSI (Stress Index) fields
• Outline the differences between V.7.0 and prior CAESAR II versions
• Compare Run and Branch Default SIFs and SSIs

Speakers' bios:

Richard Ay graduated with a BS in Ocean Engineering in 1977 after which he worked for a major EPC firm. In 1983 while working for an offshore consulting firm, Rich earned an MS in Covil Engineering. In 1985, at the request of Tony Paulin, one of the founders of COADE, Rich joined COADE. Since then Rich has spent his time working on the development of CAESAR II, TANK, product licensing, QA and technical support procedures. Rich is now the Vice President of Software Development and oversees the development of Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis plant engineering products. Rich has his Professional Engineering license and is a member of ASCE.

Tony Paulin has dedicated his life to creating and helping engineers apply the best and most advanced technology to the fields of piping and pressure vessel design and analysis.  In 1991 he founded Paulin Research Group (PRG) to develop FEA-based software programs for use in the PV&P sector.  Under Tony Paulin’s direction, PRG performs consulting, training, and physical lab testing to confirm both the software’s accuracy and usability.  He regularly presents papers and findings at industry seminars and conferences.

Aibel Norway: Using CAESAR II® to perform Stress Analysis of piping systems on board FPSO’s

Please join Steve Gillott, our Analysis Solutions Expert; Mr. Harald Ødegård, Technical Piping Discipline Lead at Aibel; and Per Christian Ulsbøl, Senior Pipe Stress Engineer at Aibel; to see how Aibel Norway is using CAESAR II to perform accurate and efficient stress analysis of piping systems on board FPSO’s.

Date: September 16, 2014
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

DOWNLOAD HERE

Speakers’ bios:

Steve Gillott is the Analysis Software Sales Manager for Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions in Europe and has direct input into analysis software sales in the region. He is a qualified Engineer with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering in addition to an MBA in Business Studies.  Prior to joining Intergraph, Steve was a Sales and Product Manager at Fern Computer Consultancy, a leading reseller for stress analysis software, with many sales, support, training and consultancy roles over a 17 year period.  Steve has 30+ years of experience in the Piping and Process Industry including Lead Stress roles on Nuclear Power Plant projects such as Sizewell B.

Harald Ødegård has held the position head for the Piping and Support group within the Piping section at Aibel Norway since 2007. Harald has years of experience working with Pipe Stress analysis as a lead Stress Engineer. Since 2008 Harald has held the position as Piping Discipline Lead.

Per Christian Ulsbøl works as a senior pipe stress engineer at Aibel Norway.

Receive 90-days free training when you purchase CAESAR II and attend this CAESAR II webinar series!

For those of you in the APAC region, don't miss this ground-breaking webinar series presented by Tony Paulin from Paulin Research Group, and Mandeep Singh from Intergraph. Not only will you have the opportunity to submit your CAESAR II models for expert review, all webinar attendees will be offered a FREE 90-day license for CAESAR II Fundamentals Online Training should their company purchase CAESAR II before 30 June 2014.

Webinar #1 (17 June 2014):

Theory and Examples of the Application of FEATools to CAESAR II Modeling and Analysis

This webinar, presented by Tony Paulin, will demonstrate how to use CAESAR II and FEATools™ for analysis, reducing stress, calculations, increasing plant and equipment life and producing more cost-effective designs.

Webinar #2 (24 June 2014):

What's New in CAESAR II 2014?

Presented by Mandeep Singh, this webinar will show the next major release of CAESAR II 2014 (7.0), which includes many piping code updates, and delivers more productivity, reliability, and improvements based on your feedback.

Webinar #3 (1 July 2014):

Review of Your CAESAR II Models with FEATools Processing 

Presented by Tony Paulin, in this third and final webinar in the ground-breaking series, selected models submitted by attendees to our first webinar will be featured & discussed in detail.

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar: Screening Tools in CAESAR II

with David Diehl, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: June 26, 2014
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

Piping system safety and reliability cannot be determined by Code stress evaluation alone; oftentimes proper operation of a piping system also depends on maintaining equipment loads within their limits.  CAESAR II has long had stand-alone processors to check these pipe connections using engineering standards for pumps, compressors, and heat exchangers.  Over the last few years, CAESAR II has included new capability to quickly check these loads “in-line” with the static analysis of the system.  That is, some of these checks can be defined with the basic system layout so that they can be evaluated in the static analysis output processor.  These checks are by no means complete but they can be used as a quick check on the general health of the system.  This webinar will review two of these screening tools in CAESAR II – the flange equivalent pressure check and the nozzle limit check.

Speaker bio:

David Diehl graduated with a BSME from Lehigh University USA in 1976. Upon graduation he took a post as a technical support representative for Auton Computing in New York City. After four years David relocated to Houston, Texas providing technical support for Auton’s Dynaflex – a mainframe-based piping system analysis program. In 1986, he took a position at Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions (COADE, Inc.) introducing and selling CAESAR II, the world’s first PC-based pipe stress analysis package. While at ICAS Dave earned his Professional Engineering license and served as the product manager for CAESAR II.  He currently is the lead instructor for CAESAR II and manages all training for ICAS. For the last ten years Dave has participated in the B31.3 Section Committee and is a former chairman of the Design Task Group there. He also serves as a Director of SPED – the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers.

Intergraph CADWorx & CAESAR II Webinar: Leverage iConfigure (Isogen) to Service Business Requirements - May 13, 2014

with Bill Vasey, ECE Design

Date: May 13, 2014
Duration: 30 minutes
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

Join us for this webinar hosted by Intergraph and presented by a Global Network Partner - ECE Design. Attend this webinar and learn:

• How iConfigure Styles can service many aspects of engineering, design, fabrication, construction, inspection and operations.
• The power of iConfigure, CADWorx and CAESAR II as they merge to provide a very powerful isometric drawing production system that can be applied to projects of any size.
• About different drawing outputs that originate from CADWorx 2D or 3D models and CAESAR II models.
• To transition CADWorx & CAESAR piping models to isometrics for stress documentation, pipe fabrication, welding, and pipe support details.
• To manage change and produce as-built records that include material heat numbers and welding inspection Information.
• And much more!

Speaker bio:

Bill Vasey is President of ECE Design, an ICAS Global Network Partner, and has been selling and supporting ICAS products for over 10 years across the United States. He is a Mechanical Engineer and has over 20 years of experience in the industrial process and piping industry.  He dedicates his career to teaching users and consulting with companies so they better leverage the ICAS software applications.  Bill helps individuals and companies with best practices, methods, work flows, and overall execution plans so they can increase their overall project and business performance.

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar: What's New in CAESAR II 2014 (7.0)

with Mandeep Singh, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: April 22, 2014
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here


The next major release of CAESAR II 2014 (7.0) includes many piping code updates, and delivers more productivity, reliability, and improvements based on your feedback.

•    Learn about updates in the 2012 and 2013 editions of ASME and EN-13480 codes and how they are implemented in the software.
•    Increase your productivity with a new interactive distance measurement command and the global property change functionality.
•    Complete your stress analysis work more efficiently with improvements to the load case editor, in-line flange check, and a new flange output filter.
•    Understand the updates to fatigue curve data, flange rating, and material properties.
•    See the new interface to LISEGA’s LICAD program for automatic generation of hanger design, complete BOM, and other required fabrication information.
•    Experience numerous usability, graphics, and workflow improvements based on user feedback.

Attend this webinar to learn about the new enhancements to become a more efficient stress analyst!

Speaker bio:

With a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, Mandeep Singh started his career with the Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions group in 1998.  He has experience as a senior developer for both Intergraph PV Elite and Intergraph CAESAR II. Mandeep is currently the Product Manager of CAESARII and is actively involved in the engineering, development and support of the product. He works with customers to get their requirements, and channel them to the development team and presents sessions and seminars on new developments in the software. Mandeep Singh is currently a member of ASME and is working towards his certification as a Professional Engineer(PE).

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar - Pipe Stress Fatigue Loading: The importance of SIFs and Flexibilities in ASME Section VIII Div. 2 – Part 5 and B31.3.

with Tony Paulin, Paulin Research Group

Date: February 25, 2014
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

This webinar will discuss common approaches in B31 304.7.2 and ASME Section VIII Division 2 Part 5 that are mandated by the Code. It will also demonstrate how more applicable SIF and flexibility data can have a large impact on piping system analysis.

Speaker bio : 

Tony Paulin has dedicated his life to creating and helping engineers apply the best and most advanced technology to the fields of piping and pressure vessel design and analysis.  In 1991 he founded Paulin Research Group (PRG) to develop FEA-based software programs for use in the PV&P sector.  Under Tony Paulin’s direction, PRG performs consulting, training, and physical lab testing to confirm both the software’s accuracy and usability.  He regularly presents papers and findings at industry seminars and conferences.  Some of Mr. Paulin’s key accomplishments include:

•    Original Author of the CAESAR II© Pipe Stress Analysis Program
•    Co-Author of the FE/Pipe™ & NozzlePRO™ Finite Element Analysis Programs
•    Co-Author of the new PCLGold™ Pipe Stress Program with applied FEA Technology
•    Co-Author of BOS Fluids Steady State and Transient Fluid Flow Simulator
•    Member of the B31 Mechanical Design Code Committee (1994 to Present)
•    Past Recipient of the South Texas ASME Herbert Allen Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar : CAESAR II Fundamentals Online Video Course

with Anthony Horn, Piping Design Online

Date: January 28, 2014
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

This webinar will give an overview of the new CAESAR II Fundamentals Video Online Course, to be launched in January 2014. Join Anthony Horn, director of Piping Design Online, as he outlines how this online course is set up, and how it gives new or prospective CAESAR II users the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of CAESAR II, the world’s most widely used piping stress analysis package.

During this course students are taken through four examples (three of which are from the ASME B31.3, Appendix S piping code*). In solving these problems students will be introduced to real-world, best-practices approaches with their results compared those in the code.  The course has been designed to familiarize students with the tools and functionality that experienced users most often use and even some that ought to be used more often!

Includes:
•    Setting parameters and Modeling Geometry
•    Placing Restraints, Bends, Tees, and Displacements
•    Running the Error checker and Analysis
•    Reviewing Results, Creating New Load Cases and Custom Reports
•    Modeling a Hanger and Wind Loads
•    Calculating Nozzle Displacements and Limit Checks
Students can earn a certificate of completion and 20 PDH hours.
*ASME B31.3 Appendix S and appendix examples used with permission of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Speaker bio : 

Anthony Horn is the owner and creator of PipingDesignOnline.com, the largest CADWorx training organization in the world.  PipingDesignOnline.com, launched in 2011, contains over 300 specialized CAD training videos, and has served over 1500 subscribers in more than 45 countries.   In 2008 he authored the Intergraph video training DVD titled Mastering CADWorx Plant Professional Software which became the industry standard for CADWorx training.  His private school, the Horn Drafting & CAD Center has trained over 3500 CAD operators and pipe drafters for Houston industries since 1968.  He holds degrees in both engineering and architecture, and was a contributing author to The CAD/CAM Handbook (McGraw Hill, 1985) and Pipe Drafting and Design (Gulf Publishing, 1996).  In 2012 he published Mastering CADWorx Plant Professional Software, available from Amazon.com.

CAESAR II Webinar : Let Industry Experts Run FEA on Your CAESAR II Analysis – Part 2 of 2

with Tony Paulin, Paulin Research Group

Date: December 17, 2013
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

This webinar is the second in a groundbreaking two-part webinar series that provides you with techniques & guidelines on how to improve CAESAR II piping models with a more rigorous analysis using FEATools™.

During this webinar, selected models submitted by attendees to our first webinar will be featured & discussed in detail.

Speaker bio: 

Tony Paulin has dedicated his life to creating and helping engineers apply the best and most advanced technology to the fields of piping and pressure vessel design and analysis.  In 1991 he founded Paulin Research Group (PRG) to develop FEA-based software programs for use in the PV&P sector.  Under Tony Paulin’s direction, PRG performs consulting, training, and physical lab testing to confirm both the software’s accuracy and usability.  He regularly presents papers and findings at industry seminars and conferences.  Some of Mr. Paulin’s key accomplishments include:

•    Original Author of the CAESAR II© Pipe Stress Analysis Program
•    Co-Author of the FE/Pipe™ & NozzlePRO™ Finite Element Analysis Programs
•    Co-Author of the new PCLGold™ Pipe Stress Program with applied FEA Technology
•    Co-Author of BOS Fluids Steady State and Transient Fluid Flow Simulator
•    Member of the B31 Mechanical Design Code Committee (1994 to Present)
•    Past Recipient of the South Texas ASME Herbert Allen Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement

CAESAR II Webinar : Let Industry Experts Run FEA on Your CAESAR II Analysis – Part 1 of 2

with Tony Paulin, Paulin Research Group

Date: November 19, 2013
Duration: 1 hr.
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

This webinar is the first in a groundbreaking two-part webinar series in which you will learn how to use CAESAR II and FEATools™ to:

•    Analyze components outside of code limits.
•    Improve analyses of high cycle service.
•    Reduce stress on equipment.
•    Increase plant and equipment life.
•    Produce more cost-effective designs.
•    Calculate realistic loading conditions.
•    Calculate realistic allowable loads on nozzles.

Everyone who registers for this webinar will have the opportunity to submit one of their own CAESAR II models for review. All submitted models will be reviewed by experts from Intergraph, Paulin Research Group and Becht Engineering and comments will be returned to the submitter.  

Selected models will then be featured & discussed during the follow-up webinar on December 17.

Speaker bio : 

Tony Paulin has dedicated his life to creating and helping engineers apply the best and most advanced technology to the fields of piping and pressure vessel design and analysis.  In 1991 he founded Paulin Research Group (PRG) to develop FEA-based software programs for use in the PV&P sector.  Under Tony Paulin’s direction, PRG performs consulting, training, and physical lab testing to confirm both the software’s accuracy and usability.  He regularly presents papers and findings at industry seminars and conferences.  Some of Mr. Paulin’s key accomplishments include:

•    Original Author of the CAESAR II© Pipe Stress Analysis Program
•    Co-Author of the FE/Pipe™ & NozzlePRO™ Finite Element Analysis Programs
•    Co-Author of the new PCLGold™ Pipe Stress Program with applied FEA Technology
•    Co-Author of BOS Fluids Steady State and Transient Fluid Flow Simulator
•    Member of the B31 Mechanical Design Code Committee (1994 to Present)
•    Past Recipient of the South Texas ASME Herbert Allen Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement

Intergraph CAESAR II webinar : 07-02 project, FEA Tools and CAESAR II

Companies worldwide have been qualifying piping systems to the requirements of the B31 design codes for many years. Those qualifications often require modifications to the piping system in order to create additional flexibility; such modifications have time and cost implications. Join us for the CAESAR II and FEA Tools webinar and discover how the ASME 07-02 project has produced a tool that could transform pipe stress analysis as we know it today. 

This webinar was held in German, Spanish, English and French.

German Webinar
November 19, 11:00 CET
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Spanish Webinar
November 28, 11:00 CET
DOWNLOAD RECORDING HERE

English Webinar
December 3, 11:00 CET
DOWNLOAD RECORDING HERE

French Webinar
December 5, 11:00 CET
DOWNLOAD RECORDING HERE

Intergraph CAESAR II Webinar : Nuclear Certification (NQA) of CAESAR II and What It Can Mean for You

with Mandeep Singh, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: November 5, 2013
Duration: 1 hr
Cost: free eSeminar

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CAESAR II has established a Quality Assurance program that conforms to ASME NQA-1 2008/09, 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B and 10 CFR Part 21. CAESAR II Nuclear software is now available to support our customers with their Nuclear applications by offering an NQA compliant program.

Learn about the quality improvements made to bring CAESAR II into compliance with the NQA program, using Subpart 2.14 Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD). See the cost savings you will gain by having the CAESAR II CGD package for use in the nuclear industry.  Hear about what’s involved with this certification and the benefits to you whether you work in the nuclear industry or not. Learn the global significance of the ASME NQA standard and how it applies to our analysis software. Realize the efficiencies of workflow gained by using CAESAR II in nuclear projects.

Learn about the additional modules available in the CAESAR II Nuclear software over the standard CAESAR II, including a design-reviewable text file.

Find out how a more robust software product is produced and gain a more complete understanding of the associated level of quality added to CAESAR II, for both nuclear and non-nuclear users.

Speaker bio:
With a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, Mandeep Singh started his career with the Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions group in 1998.  He has experience as a senior developer for both Intergraph PV Elite and Intergraph CAESAR II. Mandeep is currently the Product Manager of CAESAR II and is actively involved in the engineering, development and support of the product. He works with customers to get their requirements, and channel them to the development team and presents sessions and seminars on new developments in the software. Mandeep Singh is currently a member of ASME and is working towards his certification as a Professional Engineer(PE).

 

Intergraph CAESAR II webinar: Dynamic Piping Analysis in CAESAR II, Part 4: Time History Analysis in CAESAR II

with David Diehl, Executive Technical Director at Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: October 17, 2013
Duration: 1 hr.

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Time history analysis provides the most realistic specification of dynamic loads in CAESAR II.  The program’s modal time history analysis can simulate system response to several force-versus-time events.  This approach is best suited to represent well-defined transient events traveling though the piping system such as pressure waves associated with a fluid hammer event.  (In many cases, because of its exact event modeling, time history serves more as a forensic analysis tool rather than an initial design tool.)  This webinar will develop the CAESAR II input required for time history analysis – setting and entering the time history and load vectors and, perhaps more importantly, set the proper CAESAR II “Control Parameters” for the analysis. The program results will also be reviewed to highlight added capabilities there.  Basic dynamic analysis and engineering concepts will be used in this presentation.

Speaker bio: 

David Diehl graduated with a BSME from Lehigh University USA in 1976. Upon graduation he took a post as a technical support representative for Auton Computing in New York City. After four years David relocated to Houston, Texas providing technical support for Auton’s Dynaflex – a mainframe-based piping system analysis program. In 1986, he took a position at Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions (COADE, Inc.) introducing and selling CAESAR II, the world’s first PC-based pipe stress analysis package. While at ICAS Dave earned his Professional Engineering license and served as the product manager for CAESAR II.  He currently is the lead instructor for CAESAR II and manages all training for ICAS. For the last ten years Dave has participated in the B31.3 Section Committee and is a former chairman of the Design Task Group there. He also serves as a Director of SPED – the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers.

ICAS & PRG Webinar (3 of 3) : Improving CodeCalc and PV Elite Results with Finite Element Analysis

with Tony Paulin, Paulin Research Group

Date: August 14, 2013
Duration: 1 hr
Cost: free eSeminar

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Please join us once again for the last session of our three-part webinar series on FEATools.

Tony Paulin will demonstrate how you can use finite element analysis (FEA) to extend and refine the analysis capabilities offered in CodeCalc and PV Elite to solve problems that are outside the constraints of analytical and code methods.  Paulin Research Group's FEA-based software (NozzlePRO™) lets the customer easily and reliably perform a more rigorous and more thorough analysis of their pressure vessels.  The webinar will focus on specific components common to pressure vessels.  This will include nozzles subject to external loads with comparisons to WRC 107/297, and supports with non-integral reinforcements and saddle supports with comparisons to the Zick method.

Speaker bio:

Tony Paulin has dedicated his life to creating and helping engineers apply the best and most advanced technology to the fields of piping and pressure vessel design and analysis.  In 1991 he founded Paulin Research Group (PRG) to develop FEA-based software programs for use in the PV&P sector.  Under Tony Paulin’s direction, PRG performs consulting, training, and physical lab testing to confirm both the software’s accuracy and usability.  He regularly presents papers and findings at industry seminars and conferences.  Some of Mr. Paulin’s key accomplishments include:

•    Original Author of the CAESAR II© Pipe Stress Analysis Program
•    Co-Author of the FE/Pipe™ & NozzlePRO™ Finite Element Analysis Programs
•    Co-Author of the new PCLGold™ Pipe Stress Program with applied FEA Technology
•    Co-Author of BOS Fluids Steady State and Transient Fluid Flow Simulator
•    Member of the B31 Mechanical Design Code Committee (1994 to Present)
•    Past Recipient of the South Texas ASME Herbert Allen Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement