Hi, Could I use a piping stress software to perform a piping stress analysis of a round ducting system? Hot air (at 196 Celsius design temperature and at 600 Celsius Upset Condition) is conveyed through this system from a Flotation Dryer to a Cyclone Separator and then from the Cyclone Separator to a Scrubber. Ducting from Dryer to Cyclone Separator is 60 inches. Ducting from Cyclone Separator outlet to scrubber is 57 inches. Thickness of ducting is 1/2 inches. Ducting Material is CSA G40.21 44W / 300W . There are Expansion Joints on both sides of the Cyclone Separator. There is an anchor point a few feet away from the Dryer Outlet and an anchor point a few away from the Scrubber Inlet. (Contact Email : enviro_bc@hotmail.com)
Regards, Bogdan
The Client of that industrial ducting system has assigned my engineering company to determine that. The Client standards I had access to did nit have such information..
Looks like a reliable source for design.
Usually, the client standards refer to their own standards or to professional, industrial or national standards that they allow for the designing and in the construction.
Hi, The Client Standards and Specs do not have such info about any allowable stresses. I have had to use an ANSI/SMACNA Round Industrial Duct Construction Standards & The-Structural-Design-of-Air-and-Gas-Ducts-for-Power-Stations-and-Industrial-Boiler-Applications textbook..
They provide some guidance on how to get the allowable stresses.
Some advices:
Review the purpose of the installation, where it works and the standard that apply, the allowable stress depending of the standard used.
Some standard equations apply depending of the relation of Outside Diameter / Thickness.
I think you can do it as long as you use the correct material, size and wall thickness.