Pipe clamp connector design / analysis (to ASME VIII…)
Pipemill: for the design, analysis and layout of piping components
Hub and clamp or ‘Grayloc’ type pipe connectors may be designed and analysed in accordance with ASME VIII Div. 1 Appendix 24.
Design input
Input is similar to the pipe flange design program, with:
- input data panels (see right, top & below) specific to the pipe connector hub, clamps, bolting, and gasket. Bolt spacing may be varied within allowable limits.
- internal pipe pressure, connector bending moment, and pipe axial force inputs
Connector analyses output
- Full code comparison stress results are presented.
- A scale section plot, views of the clamp, and additional calculated data may be viewed (as right, below). The scale plots enable the design to be visualised and a better finished product obtained.
Analysis support
- Example analyses
- Integral database of commonly available pipe sizes, with automatic input of selected pipe data
- Extensive help files: explanatory notes and comments on many of the key inputs; comments on different calculation methods, where appropriate; gasket characteristics and data, from ASME VIII; bolt areas, by size
- Scientific calculator
