"ASME BPV-III-1-NB, NC, NCD, & ND " Piping Code Enhancements & Defects for AutoPIPE


Note: if an enhancement or defects has not been added to the program, log an Service request for that enhancement. The more requests logged per an enhancement, the quicker the CAE development team will add that feature to the program.

A. If an enhancement has not been added to the program, log an Service request for that enhancement. The more requests logged per an enhancement, the quicker the CAE development team will add that feature to the program.

B.  Regardless of what code version is available, the NRC designs are only approved to what code version, see link:

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part050/part050-0055a.html

Enhancement 1067717:

Update ASME Section III (NB, NC, ND) for 2019 code changes

Development Project:  TBD

Defect 1068007:

Update N 755-1 to N 755-4

Development Project:  TBD

Defect 746198:

Warning W2143-45 appears and cannot be removed

Description:

For ASME ND 1983+1983W addenda and earlier, AutoPIPE incorrectly reports a warning during model consistency check that the hot yield is below 1.0 psi and may affect the equation 9 allowable. Not only does the hot yield not affect the equation 9 allowable for these editions, but the user cannot modify the hot yield, so this warning cannot be resolved.

Avoidance:

Since this warning is not applicable to ND 1983+1983W addenda and earlier, it can be ignored.

Development Project:  TBD

Defect 354776:

Class 1 header moments use incorrect sign

Description:

Signed moments (e.g. GR, T1, P1) are properly rotated according to Class 1 tee moment orientation, however the signs are not always correct. It is required for pre-verification stresses that the signs are correctly established.

Avoidance:

Align the tee legs along the global axes.

Development Project:  TBD

Enhancement 333806:

Update ASME Section III (NB, NC, ND) for 2015 code changes

Development Project:  TBD

Enhancement 207133:

Update ASME BPV-III-1-NB (1972 - 2013) flow chart in programs help documentation

Development Project:  TBD

Enhancement 74287:

Select equation 10a in the stress summary

Development Project:  TBD

Enhancement 71139:

2013 ASME NB Code

Development Project:  TBD

Enhancement 139108 (CAE-CR-11110):

Provide functionality to add multiple range reduction factor for ASME NC/ND

Description:  

Currently AutoPIPE only provides the user with a single value of range reduction factor to be defined under Result Model Options for ASME NC/ND. It is required that the user should be able to define range reduction factor based combination or load case.

The option for the user to be able to provide number of cycles instead of range reduction factor can also be implemented. Internally AutoPIPE would convert the number of cycles to range reduction factor.

Development Project:  TBD 

Enhancement 138723 (CAE-CR-10680):

Add ASME Nuclear 2011 Edition 

Description:  Add ASME BPVC Section III NB, NC and ND 2011 edition to AutoPIPE.

Development Project:  TBD

Enhancement 138332 (CAE-CR-10227):

Add ASME NB, NC & ND 2010 piping code

Development Project:  TBD 

Enhancement 130790 (CAE-CR-6978):

Update ASME NB NC and ND code to 2008 addenda 

Description: Up date the ADLPipe ASME routines to 2008 addenda codes (2007 clean code). 

Development Project:  TBD 

See Also

Piping Codes Enhancements & Defects

Bentley AutoPIPE