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ASME B31J B31J Essentials Why These Are Useful in Piping Stress Analysis

The document discusses ASME B31J and B31J Essentials, which provide stress intensification factors and flexibility factors that allow for more accurate pipe stress analysis results. B31J Essentials is an extension of Caesar II that enables these calculations according to the ASME B31J-2017 standard. It provides consistent and up-to-date data on SIFs and k-factors for metallic piping components.

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ASME B31J B31J Essentials Why These Are Useful in Piping Stress Analysis

The document discusses ASME B31J and B31J Essentials, which provide stress intensification factors and flexibility factors that allow for more accurate pipe stress analysis results. B31J Essentials is an extension of Caesar II that enables these calculations according to the ASME B31J-2017 standard. It provides consistent and up-to-date data on SIFs and k-factors for metallic piping components.

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ASME B31J & B31J Essentials: Why these are useful in

Piping Stress Analysis?


whatispiping.com/asme-b31j-b31j-essentials/

Anup Kumar Dey August 6, 2019

Introduction to B31J Essentials in Caesar II


Many of you must be aware that Intergraph announced an extension of Caesar II 2017 in
May 2017. B31J Essentials provides a set of calculations for revised SIFs and flexibility
factors, as defined in the code ASME B31J-2017, Stress Intensification Factors (i-
Factors), Flexibility Factors (k-Factors), and their Determination for Metallic Piping
Components.

Basics of Pipe Stress Analysis


Basics of Pipe Stress Analysis

Benefits of Using the B31J Module of Caesar II


By using these revised SIFs and flexibilities, your stress analyses produce more accurate
results. B31J Essentials provides the “more applicable data” referenced in recent editions of
the piping codes. If someone is currently on CAESAR II maintenance and has installed
CAESAR II 2017 (v.9.00), He can download the B31J Essentials installer from Intergraph
Smart Support (http://smartsupport.intergraph.com) for free and install in their system. This
article will try to inform what ASME B31J covers in brief.

What is ASME B31J?


For a long time, there was a need for a standard method to develop stress intensification
factors (SIFs or i-factors) for ASME piping components and joints. At the time, the B31 Code
books provided SIFs for various standard fittings and joints but did not provide guidance on
how to conduct further research on existing SIFs or how to establish SIFs for nonstandard
and other standard fittings or joints.

ASME B 31J is the outcome of recent research by MDC on current manufacturing practices
in the SIF and k-factor test procedures, to provide a consistent and up-to-date table of SIFs
and k-factors for metallic piping components.

ASME B 31J provides a standard approach for the development of SIFs, k-factors, and
sustained stress multipliers for piping components and joints of all types, including
standard, nonstandard, and proprietary fittings. However, this code still does not
cover fittings that have a D/T ratio greater than 100 for which you have to be
dependent on FEA analysis.

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Fig. 1: B31J Menu bars explaining the functions.

Sustained stress multipliers are used to multiply the nominal bending stress due to sustained
loading and reflect the collapse capacity of the metallic piping component or joint. Where
more accurate sustained stresses are needed but an equation for the sustained stress is not
given in the B31 Code book, nominal stresses due to sustained moments computed using
the section modulus of the matching pipe should be multiplied by the appropriately sustained
stress multiplier. Where the sustained stress is needed and an equation for the sustained
stress is given in the Code book as a function of the SIF and provided in lieu of more
applicable data, the sustained stress multipliers developed using the method in this Standard
may be substituted as more applicable data and used with the nominal stress computed
using the section modulus of the matching pipe.

Broadly The code provides the following:

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Fig. 2: Typical Output SIF results as calculated by the B31J module of Caesar II

Included the most applicable currently available stress intensification and


flexibility factors compiled from test and analysis data for standard commercially
available metallic components in a tabular format.
Nonmandatory Appendix A provides the standard method to develop stress
intensification factors.
Nonmandatory Appendix B provides the standard method to develop branch
connection flexibility factors.
Nonmandatory Appendix C demonstrates how the new branch connection k-
factors should be used in the elastic analysis of piping systems, and
Nonmandatory Appendix D provides a standard method to develop sustained
stress factors.

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B31J Essentials is a FEATools (Version 3.0) but limited to only the B31J calculations
(for SIFs and Flexibilities). One can access the B31J calculations by selecting the FEA
Translation option from the CAESAR II Main Menu. The software starts FEATools,
which provides the B31J computations for the translated CAESAR II model.

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