BOSfluids 7.0: Support for building 2-D piping models
The ability to work with 3-D piping models has always been one of the fundamental features of BOSfluids. This not only sets BOSfluids apart from similar software, but also makes it possible to obtain more accurate results, especially if the flow conditions of interest are affected by the geometry of the piping system. On the […]
BOSpulse 5.0: Improved model building user interface
The upcoming BOSpulse release, version 5.0, comes with a new set up of the first two top-level tab pages in the user interface. This change improves the distinction between the actions that operate on the main model and those that operate on a sub-scenario. This change makes it possible to skip the Scenarios tab page […]
FRP Pipe Stress Analysis Webinar – Use of the pipe stress envelope according to the design standard ISO 14692
Coming weeks Dynaflow Research Group will host a webinar series around the use of the stress envelope for FRP stress analysis. In this webinar series we will explain the background and usage of the pipe stress envelope. The stress envelope is used for pipe stress analysis of fiberglass piping using pipe stress analysis software packages […]
BOSpulse: (Preview) New support for end caps
The upcoming version of BOSpulse will offer a new Cap node type with which you can more accurately model Pressure Suppression Devices (PSDs) and therefore perform more accurate API 618 and API 674 analyses. Modeling the acoustic length and volume of the piping system is of great importance for an API 618 or API 674 […]
Dynaflow Discussion – Safety Factors in Piping Industry
Piping models that you produce are not 100% accurate. To make sure that uncertainties in design do not immediately result in failures in your piping systems safety factors are used in the analysis. In the latest session of Dynaflow Discussion, Mick Bouman – project engineer, and Johan Bosselaar – senior engineer, discussed the safety factors […]
BOSfluids: Two-phase flood and drain analyses
When an empty, or gas filled, piping system is rapidly filled with a liquid, then significant forces can be exerted by the liquid on the system, especially when the liquid hits a significant flow restriction or the end point of a pipeline section. Indeed, there have been multiple incidents involving firewater systems in which these […]
BOSpulse support added to CSiPlant
BOSpulse support has been added to CSiPlant. As of version 7, CSiPlant is able to import the harmonic, pressure- induced forces calculated by BOSpulse. This means that you can use CSiPlant, and its non-linear transient capabilities, to assess the structural response of piping systems that are subjected to pressure pulsations resulting from reciprocating pumps and […]
Dynaflow awarded a technical support contract for the new biofuels facility at Shell Pernis
Shell is building a biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Pernis Refinery) that will have an annual production capacity of 820,000 tonnes of biofuel. This project is ranked at position 7 in the top 10 projects in the energy transition (port of Rotterdam). For this project Dynaflow Research Group […]
Coupled Thermodynamic BOSfluids-Jive Simulations
BOSfluids Thermodynamic Module BOSfluids is known for its steady state, quasi steady state and transient flow solvers and the more recent interface to the structural solver of ANSYS. Recently the steady state solver of BOSfluids has been extended with a thermodynamic module. That is, given thermal boundary conditions, BOSfluids calculates the temperature profile within the […]
The J-integral Approach in Elastic-Plastic Fatigue Analysis
The J-integral Approach in Elastic-Plastic Fatigue Analysis by Tammo Dukker In a fatigue analysis one would like to investigate the susceptibility of a structural component to crack propagation under cyclic loading to determine the number of cycles until a failure occurs. Common techniques applied in a fatigue analysis follow from the results of a linear […]
