Documenting the Analysis

Selecting/Generating Reports

Many reports are available, which ones do we need?

Selecting/Generating Reports

General reports are load case independent need to be generated at most once.

Selecting/Generating Reports

12 Load Cases X 5 reports

= 60 reports

Most center column reports can be generated for each ACTIVE load case.

Selecting/Generating Reports

Summary reports are special provide a single report for all selected load cases.

Selecting/Generating Reports

Most reports have standard and extended formatted options.

Building the Report

Input Information:
Input Echo
Describes the system

Miscellaneous Report
Provides intermediate calculations

Warning g Report p
Lists all error check warnings and notes

Load Case Report

Reviews options chosen
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Building the Report

General Information:
Hanger report step completed before load cases can be evaluated
Basic hanger table Hanger table with text (preferred)

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Building the Report

Analysis Results - Structural:
Displacement reports
OPErating Cases (interferences) SUStained Cases (sag under weight)

Restraint reports (or summary)

OPErating Cases (hot ( hot restraint, restraint nozzle loads) SUStained Cases (cold restraint, nozzle loads)

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Building the Report

Analysis Results - Stress:
Stress reports (or Code Compliance) only for those cases for which the active code defines a stress type
SUStained Cases (for most codes) EXPansion Cases (for most codes) OCCasional Cases (for most codes, if present) OPErating Cases (only for B31.4, B31.8, BS 7159, UKOOA, etc.)
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Building the Report

Analysis Results - Stress:
Cumulative Usage Report
Generated locally for all selected Fatigue Cases that may occur together

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Typically not included:

Global/Local Force Reports:
Usually used for debugging purposes

Summary Reports
Used in place of corresponding Individual Reports

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Building the Output Report

Typically the General Reports are first.

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Building the Output Report

followed by Structural Reports ...

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and finally the Stress Reports.

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Report Generation

Select the desired output device.

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Text File Example

Text file default name is <jobname.out>.

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MS Word Example

Word allows font changes, graphics, highlights, etc.

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Other forms of documentation:

Remember, , you y can create your own Custom Report to satisfy specific requirements. These can be sent to any output device.
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Other forms of documentation:

Graphic representations:
Can print or save pictures (BMP, TIF, JPG, HTML) of CAESAR II screen shots Can automatically create annotated stress isometrics with CADWorx PLANT Can export to ISOGEN (Personal ISOGEN is shipped with CAESAR II)

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Other forms of documentation:

ODBC processors:
Transfer data to Access, text, or XML Automatic or manually activated Input and/or output data

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Files what do they hold?

General Items:
*.FIL units files CAESAR.CFG configuration file UMAT1.BIN user material file

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Files what do they hold?

Piping Input:
*._A piping input *._J static load case data *._7 dynamic load case *.STR structural input *.SOI soil (underground) data

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Files what do they hold?

Auxiliary Input:
*.NEM NEMA SM 23 (steam turbines) *.610 API 610 (centrifugal pumps) *.617 API 617 (compressor) *.661 API 661 (air cooled heat exchangers) *.HEI Heat Exchanger Institute *.560 API 560 (fired heaters for refineries)

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Files what do they hold?

Auxiliary Input (cont (contd): d):
*.W07, *.297 WRC 107, 297 (Vessel) *.ISF, *.BSF SIF scratchpads *.FLG flange leakage *.31G B31G *.EJM expansion joint rating *.UNT AISC unity check

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Piping output:

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*._P static output *._Q harmonic output *._S spectrum output *._T time history output program g generated g input p data *._M p *.OTL i/o sequencing file *.WRN warning file *.XYT time history output, by time slice
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Files what do they hold?

Scratch Files:

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*.grd saves grid status for the current job *.xml plot details for the current job *._b boundary condition file *._c element characteristic file *._e element connectivities *._n nodal coordinate file *._r run control file plus analysis files (_1, _2, _5, _6)
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Files Archiving & Transporting

For Piping Jobs, all ._? files are zipped into the <jobname.C2> archive. For Structural Jobs, all ._? files are zipped i into the h <jobname.C2S> j b C2S archive. hi

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Files Archiving & Transporting

Other important files:
caesar.cfg CAESAR II configuration umat1.bin User modified material database equipment files API, WRC, NEMA, etc spectrum files user named for dynamics ????.fil user named custom units file

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CAESAR II Pipe Stress Analysis Seminar

COADE Engineering Software, Inc.

Questions?

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