CAESAR II offers a robust set of features and benefits for pipe stress analysis, making it an invaluable tool for engineers and designers in various industries.
What is CAESAR IIĀ®
CAESAR II evaluates the structural responses and stresses of piping systems to international codes and standards. CAESAR II is the pipe stress analysis industry standard against which all others are measured.
CAESAR II enables quick and accurate analysis of piping systems subjected to a wide variety of loads (including weight, pressure, thermal, seismic, and other static and dynamic conditions) following more than thirty-eight international piping code standards, and many environmental and equipment guidelines.
Overview
Why use CAESAR II?
CAESAR II is used for a variety of reasons, but mainly because Owner operators mandate its use to check that the piping designed for their facility after it is commissioned and operational is going to be operate reliably and safely. CAESAR II is usually mandated due to its maturity, calculation accuracy, and ability to cater to the analysis requirements of many different projects in many industries, ensuring piping is certified in accordance with the design codes and standards that
apply wherever an industrial facility resides in the world.
Who uses CAESAR II?
CAESAR II is a renowned software application for pipe stress analysis. Extensively used by engineers and designers to evaluate the structural response of piping systems to various loads and ensure their safety, compliance, and reliability.
EPC companies and Owner operators worldwide use CAESAR II for analysis of piping systems found in their offshore and onshore projects.
Benefits of CAESAR IIĀ®
Software internationally recognised by EPCs, Owner operators, and Notified Bodies.
⢠Intuitive Modelling Environment: CAESAR II features a user-friendly interface that simplifies the modelling process. Engineers can quickly create models using graphical input, reducing the learning curve, and increasing efficiency.
⢠3D Visualization: The software provides 3D visualization capabilities, allowing users to view and interact with piping models. This visual representation aids in understanding complex piping configurations and identifying potential issues. Evaluation of stress analysis results is made easier though cutting-edge graphics that are highly responsive and performant during model creation, manipulation, and viewing. Graphical animation of results aids decision making and problem resolution.
⢠Flexible Load Modelling: CAESAR II enables the modelling of various load types, including thermal, pressure, dead weight, live load, and occasional loads. Users can define load cases and combinations to simulate real-world conditions accurately. Comprehensive definition of load cases supported by a dedicated editor, ensuring all conditions that the piping is subject to, are considered and evaluated.
⢠Support and Restraint Options: The software offers a wide range of support and restraint types, including spring hangers, snubbers, and anchors. Engineers can model these elements to reflect actual support conditions and optimize the design.
⢠Interoperability: CAESAR II integrates seamlessly with other Hexagon products facilitating data exchange and collaboration across disciplines. Bi-directional integration with CADWorx Plant Professional reduces risk of errors and costly iteration time between plant piping design and stress analysis disciplines, enhancing workflow efficiency and reducing data duplication.
⢠Data Import/Export: The software supports data import and export from various CAD and engineering software, allowing for easy data transfer and collaboration with other teams and stakeholders. An Advanced PCF interface supports import of piping models from a variety of piping and plant design systems.
⢠Integration with GT STRUDL: Possible via CIMSTEEL CIS/2 or GT STRUDL .GTI, enables sharing of load details, post-analysis, ensures pipe stress analysis and civil/structural groups work together without duplicating information and effort.
Ā· Rigorous quality assurance program complying with ASME NQA-1 quality assurance, mandatory in the nuclear industry.
Capabilities | |
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Static analysis | Extensive material databases |
Dynamic analysis | Steel databases and modelling |
Intuitive analysis model creation | Expansion joint databases |
Design tools and Wizards | Hanger design and databases |
Load and view plant model | Analysis of FRP/GRP ā glass fibre reinforced plastic - in accordance with BS 7159 or ISO 14692. |
Comprehensive error checking | Bi-directional integration with Intergraph SmartĀ® 3D and CADWorx Plant Professional |
Robust load case definitions | Results export to MicrosoftĀ® ExcelĀ®, Word and MDB file |
User-definable reports | International piping code support |
Wind and Wave analysis | ASME B31J SIFs and flexibilities |
Spring Can with Friction builder | Multiple code editions support Seismic and support settlement analysis |
Troubleshoot your CAESAR II issues with ease with our dedicated support team and plethora of support documents. Our team provides effective solutions based on extensive product usage and industry expertise.
Empower your team with Hexagon University, which contains our expert training programs as well as tips and tricks for improving your workflows across Hexagon products. Check out live webinars, detailed tutorials and personalized training sessions, ensuring your team is proficient and confident in using CAESAR II to its full potential.
The CAESAR II Verification and Validation manual serves as a publicly available verification document that compares the numerical output between different versions and records the discrepancies. The Validation and Verification guide details CAESAR II QA standards, provides a series of benchmark jobs, and instructs users on executing QA benchmarks on their own hardware.
The benchmark jobs consist of comparisons to published data by ASME, NRC, and other sources. Checking latest version results to previously verified results, enables you to justify program errors and maintain high product quality.
You can view the output on your monitor, print it, or save it. The CAESAR II Validation and Verification Guide include more than fifty benchmark jobs. These benchmarks are for use on your local computer, and then compare them against distributed output to verify the operation of the CAESAR II software.