Comments, Questions, and Answers About Loads and Load Sets in AutoPIPE

1. Animate load cases

2. AutoPIPE Menu - Load>

   1. Load Case Descriptions

   2. Static Analysis Sets...

   3. Dynamic Analysis

   4. Load Factors

   5. Hydrotest

   6. Static Earthquake... 

   7. Wind

   8. Snow

   9. Thermal Bowing

   10. Seismic Thermal Load

   11. Response / Force Spectrum

   12. C411 Spectrum

   13. Envelope Spectrum

   14. Harmonic

   15. Time History Profile

   16. Time History Location

   17. Convert to Force Spectrum

   18. Convert to Response Spectrum

   19. Buoyancy

   20. Wave

   21. Fluid Transient

   22. Steam Relief 

   23. Thermal Transient Analysis (TTA)
       

3. Load cases not listed above:

   1. Gravity

   2. Pressure

   3. Temperature

   4. SAM (Seismic Anchor Movement)

   5. Fatigue

   6. Xtra Data

4. Results From Loads and Load Sets Not Answered By Piping Code Calculations

5. Code / Non-code Combination / Allowable

6. Non-linear Load Sequencing

7. How to determine fatigue from pressure cycles?

   Answer: Apologize for the inconvenience, this feature is not currently in AutoPIPE. This enhancement has been logged under (CAE-CR-3268). However, only AutoPIPE Vessel has ability to determine fatigue from pressure cycling at this time.

8. Soil Properties FAQ

General Questions about Load Cases:

Q1. How to delete load cases from the model input grids?

Answer:

A load case cannot be deleted from the Input grids by using Static Analysis Set dialog.

Load Cases are added to the model based on settings within specific dialog screens. The same load cases are removed from the model by making changes on the same dialog screens.

Examples:

1. A Wind load case W3 is deleted from the model using the Wind dialog screen, selecting the Load case W3 and pressing the Delete button. 

Load case W3 is added and removed from a Static Analysis set by enabling / disabling the check box next to the load case on the Static analysis Load set dialog screen, shown below:

See Also

Table Of Contents - AutoPIPE Wiki page

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