B05 – Piping Systems: Stress Analysis, Support and Expansion Design
A self-study course for engineers on piping stress analysis, support design, and thermal-expansion control, built from the attached source pack. It moves from coordinate-system fundamentals through code-based stress checks, design loads, supports, expansion joints, and capstone exam-style case studies.
£299.00
1 hour 52 minutes
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.
38 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
A self-study course for engineers on piping stress analysis, support design, and thermal-expansion control, built from the attached source pack. It moves from coordinate-system fundamentals through code-based stress checks, design loads, supports, expansion joints, and capstone exam-style case studies.
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 Coordinate systems quiz
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 Pipe stress quiz
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 quiz
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 Supports quiz
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 joints quiz
Reference appendices
7.1 Material properties tables
7.2 Pipe and steam data
7.3 Reference quiz
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
Summary
9.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00