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piping design. Calculations are per ASME B31.1 Power Piping, B31.3
Process Piping, B31.4 Pipeline Systems for Liquids, B31.5
Home Refrigeration Piping, and Miscellaneous.
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Examples below show only small portions of the main files. The PipingOffice
Favorites calculators are compatible with Microsoft Excel-97 thru Excel-2007. Files were
Disclaimer created using Microsoft Windows 98 and XP.

You will not need much prior Excel experience. These tools are user-friendly and
may improve your understanding of the Piping Codes.

A Menu file allows the user to choose and open each calculator by title and subject.
example 1st Menu   example Main Menu    example B31.3 Menu

Pipe Required Thicknesses   (PDF): The calculations are per ASME B31.3 Process
Piping Code. There are over 100 materials to choose from. Dimensional data are
retreived by clicking dropdowns. All common ASME standard NPS and DN sizes and
thicknesses are included.

Threaded pipe is included. So is tubing and any non-standard size or thickness.

Pipe dimensions are chosen for either US Customary or Metric units.

Flange ratings per B16.5 are chosen, or can be overridden, for design pressure
input.

Similar files for calculating required thicknesses are included per ASME B31.1
Power Piping, ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons
and Other Liquids, and ASME B31.5 Refrigeration and Heat Transfer Components.
(examples not shown).

Pipe Allowable Pressures: This example is per ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code.
There are over 100 pipe and tubing materials to choose from. Dimensional data
are retreived from a shared data file. All common ASME standard NPS and DN
sizes and thicknesses are included.

Threaded pipe is included. So is tubing. Pipe dimensions are chosen for either US
Customary or Metric units.

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Flange ratings per ASME B16.5 are chosen and displayed for reference.

The user must review and possibly edit input for joint efficiency, thickness
allowance, and mill tolerance. Piping Code notes and longitudinal weld joint
efficiencies can be viewed.

Printing of the whole area of allowable pressures will fill about 6 pages.

If you make the mill tolerance zero (0), and the thickness allowances zero (0), the
calculations will be for pipe of actual measured thickness or pipe that is ordered as
minimum wall.

You can determine the allowable pressure of corroded pipe.

Similar files are included per ASME B31.1 Power Piping, ASME B31.4 Pipeline
Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids and ASME
B31.5 Refrigeration and Heat Transfer Components. (examplesnot shown).

Pipe Branch Reinforcement per ASME (Unreinforced, Ring, Pad, or Full

Encirclement). The example spreadsheet shown is per ASME B31.3.: The branch
reinforcement calculators are huge time savers.

There are data for numerous materials and dimensions. ASME B16.5 flange ratings
are selected for reference. Pipe dimensions and pressures are chosen for either
Imperial (US Customary) or Metric units.

Two very different layouts are used. The most useful is probably the one with
calculations for one branch at a time. It allows calculations for a second branch
placed next to the first and overlapping reinforcment zones can be included in the
calculation of required reinforcement.

The other method allows calculations for 190 possible combinations of header to
branch size. Dimensional data is retreived by macros from a shared data file.

There are many choices of branch types that a designer can use per the Piping
Code. (See PDF file of Full Encirclement graphics per ASME B31.4.)

The calculators determine if reinforcement is required or not, and if header or

branch thickness is adequate. Also, if a calculation is valid for the diameter-to-
thickness ratio or size ratio.

Results in the example shown are displayed in a box similar to a branch table in a
piping line class specification (most large companies use branch tables in their
specs). External pressure design of branch reinforcement is done in a separate
file.

Branch reinforcement designs to ASME B31.1 Power Piping, ASME B31.4 Pipeline
Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids, and ASME
B31.5 Refrigeration and Heat Transfer Components are done in similar files

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(examples not shown). The B31.1 calcs include integrally reinforced (forged) items.

ASME B31.4 Extruded Outlet Branch Reinforcement Design (1st part)    (2nd
part)   This spreadsheet gives the ability to design two branches on the same
header and reinforcing zones could overlap.

Inputs include selections by dropdowns. You can override the standard dimensions.
Features are similar to those of the other calculators above, but with 2 branches
side by side.

Similar extruded outlet branch reinforcement designs per B31.3 are also provided.

ASME B31.3 Mitered Elbow Design: This spreadsheet calculates pipe mitered elbow
design per ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code.

There are numerous materials to choose from. Pipe dimensions and pressures are
chosen for either Imperial or Metric units. Material data and dimensions are chosen
from a table using dropdowns.

Results include allowable pressures for both multiple miter and single miter
elbows. Comments, ASME B31.3 notes, and joint efficiencies are referenced and
weld joint values are placed by macros.

Mitered elbow designs to ASME B31.1 are done in a similar file (example not
shown).

ASME B31.3 Pipe Bend Design: This calculates pipe bend design per ASME B31.3
Process Piping Code.

There are numerous materials to choose from. Pipe dimensions and pressures are
chosen for either Imperial or Metric units. Material data and dimensions are chosen
from a table.

Results include allowable pressures and required thicknesses. Comments, ASME

B31.3 notes, and joint efficiencies are referenced, and weld joint values are placed
by macros.

Pipe bend designs to ASME B31.1 are done in a similar file (example not shown).

ASME B31.1 Steam Safety Valve Reactions:  Calculations are per ASME B31.1,
Appendix II.

Forces and moments are the results a user will enter into a pipe stress program,
such as Caesar II.

The file contains dropdown boxes for selecting material, condition of steam, and
sizes of inlet, discharge, and vent pipes. The user can choose either degrees-F or
degrees-C. Interpolations are made for intermediate table values for Young's

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modulus and allowable stress. Fanno line graphs and a dynamic load factor graph
are provided.

(PDF file) Support Span, Shoe Bearing, and Weight Data:  This spreadsheet was
almost completely rewritten in January, 2007, and changed again in 2008.

It calculates pipe and tubing support spacing (or span), support shoe bearing and
weights. Results include weights of pipe, tube, fluid, insulation, plastic liner,
refractory, ice on exterior, cross-sectional areas, and more.

Simple support spacing, continuous support span, cantilever, and shoe bearing
calculation results are shown with graphics that help explain their meanings.
Concentrated loads can be entered at mid-span to consider valve or other added
weight.

Insulation density is converted to lbs/in^3 for convenience of Caesar II input. This

file includes tables that allow selections via dropdown boxes for materials, material
densities, dimensions, insulation, and plastic or refractory liners.

The user should change the data tables to indicate the brand or brands being
used. Also a table of metal weight data is included.

ASME B31.3 Chapter IX, Allowable Hi-Pressure Pipe (or Tubes): This is typically for
pressures above the ratings for ASME B16.5 Class 2500 flanges.

Thickness reduction allowances can be entered for inside or outside, or both.

Threaded pipe and tubing are included. Dimensions and pressures are chosen from
tables with either Imperial or Metric units.

Data tables are included for most materials in Section K of the Code. Printing of
the whole area of allowable pressures will fill about 2 pages.

If you make the mill tolerance zero and thickness allowances zero, the calculations
will be for pipe or tube of actual measured thickness or that is ordered as
minimum wall. You can also calculate the allowable pressure of corroded pipe or
tube.

Theoretical External Collapse Pressure  (Method 1) (PDF)   (Method 2) (PDF)   This

file calculates external pressures which produce plastic buckling and elastic
collapse. The file was completely rewritten in August, 2008.

This is not per ASME Code except for external pressure not exceeding 15 psig.

When elastic collapse occurs due to external pressure, the pipe reshapes into
lobes. The minimum number of lobes is 2. In a collapse with 2 lobes, the pipe
cross-section will resemble an hourglass or figure-8.

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Stress Intensification and Flexibility Factors  (B31.3 ell example)   (B31.1 fab. tee
example)   Calculations are for factors for pipe fittings. The results are used in pipe
stress analysis. SIFs per ASME B31.5 are done in a similar file. Some formulas are
slightly different in each Piping Code.

Linear Interpolations in a Table Without Using Macros:   This shows an example of

creating a dropdown box control for material selection and a slider control box for
temperature change. Formulas contain the Vlookup function for retreival of stress
values of selected material. Linear interpolation is then done to determine a stress
value at any temperature over a range of data. Macros are not used.

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