B05 – Piping Systems: Stress Analysis, Support and Expansion Design
This course aims to take you from coordinate-system fundamentals through code-based stress checks, design loads, supports and expansion joints to integrated piping case studies, so you can make defensible piping stress, support and expansion-design decisions.
£299.00
20 hours
Focused, self-paced learning designed to fit around professional schedules.
Online, self-paced
Study online at a pace that fits your schedule.
9 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
44 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
Designed for: engineering graduates looking for refresher courses in niche expert areas.
Entry requirements: an engineering degree or equivalent experience, plus a working knowledge of strength of materials (stress, strain, bending) and basic thermodynamics of thermal expansion; some exposure to piping layout is helpful.
Learning format: self-paced online lessons with audio read-out, worked examples, reference data tables, integrated case studies and a capstone design case, interactive tabs and flip cards, in-lesson checks, an AI tutor to answer questions as you go, and graded quizzes. This suits the aim because piping design is learned by applying code logic to real layouts, so worked examples and case studies after each topic build that applied judgement.
What you will learn
Set up a consistent right-handed global coordinate system for a piping stress model.
Classify piping stresses and apply code-based allowable-stress logic to sustained, occasional, and thermal cases.
Estimate key piping design loads including weight, wind, relief-valve discharge, water hammer, and restrained thermal expansion.
Select supports, restraints, and spring-support types to control movement while protecting equipment and structures.
Evaluate exam-style piping scenarios using code-informed stress, support, and expansion-design reasoning.
Skills and knowledge
Pipe stress analysis
Support design
Expansion joints
Design loads
Thermal expansion
Piping codes
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Coordinate systems
2.1 Why coordinates matter
2.2 Right-handed global axes
2.3 Quiz 1
Pipe stress requirements
3.1 Stress categories
3.2 Cold spring
3.3 Self-springing
3.4 Stress intensification
3.5 Fatigue and allowables
3.6 Reactions and code checks
3.7 Code Stress Checks Worked Example
3.8 Quiz 2
Piping design loads
4.1 Load categories
4.2 Pressure and weight
4.3 Wind and relief loads
4.4 Water hammer
4.5 Thermal expansion loads
4.6 Design Loads Worked Example
4.7 Quiz 3
Pipe supports
5.1 Degrees of freedom
5.2 Anchors, guides, and stops
5.3 Sway braces and snubbers
5.4 Rigid supports
5.5 Spring supports
5.6 Support Selection Worked Example
5.7 Quiz 4
Expansion joints
6.1 Why expansion joints
6.2 Expansion joint types
6.3 Pressure-balanced designs
6.4 Guiding and installation
6.5 Expansion Joint Thrust Worked Example
6.6 Quiz 5
Reference appendices
7.1 Material properties tables
7.2 Pipe and steam data
7.3 Reference Data and Case Data
7.4 Quiz 6
Exam case studies
8.1 Using the case studies
8.2 Integrated Load and Support Case Study
8.3 Governing Loads and Support Selection
8.4 Alternative Layout and Restraint Comparison
8.5 Code-Based Support Selection Case Study
8.6 Integrated Piping Design Capstone
8.7 Quiz 7
Summary
9.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00