THE WORLD’S FIRST PIPE STRESS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE PSRE NTP Truboprovod START Prof THE WORLD’S FIRST PIPE STRESS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

START Advantages compared to other pipe stress software Low price. Two times lower than other pipe stress software Has a long history since 1969 Has a lot of active users, well tested, quality assurance system Very smart, easy and friendly user interface. Even the beginner can perform pipe stress analysis without a special training. Faster piping modeling than other software Exclusive software that implements the Russian pipe stress code and widely accepted by Russian expert companies Very smart, fast and easy to use soil modeler Can check the insulation stress No need to think about load cases. All load cases are pre-defined Can calculate the creep effect at high temperature piping: creep stress relaxation in operating state and creep self-springing in cold state Can calculate the cold state of piping after cooling down from hot state considering the reverse effect of friction forces

START Advantages compared to other pipe stress software Can easily perform plastic piping analysis PE (polyethylene), PP (polypropylene), PVC (polyvinyl chloride), PB (polybutylene), PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) Can easily perform FRP/GRP/GRE piping analysis Easy vacuum piping stability analysis from pressure, and internal forces Automatic on-the-fly pressure design checking of all pipes and fittings Make an order now! Contact us for any questions: start@truboprovod.ru

Features ASME B31.1-2016 code. Other ASME and other codes coming soon Automatic spring and constant load hanger selection Equipment nozzle flexibility modeling Consider nonlinear effects Consider tee branch flexibility Centrifugal pump load check per API 610, GOST 32601-2013 Flange leakage check by equivalent pressure method Expansion joints modeling: Axial, gimbal, lateral, nonstandard Input data error checking and reports. The error checker analyzes the user input and checks for consistency from both engineering and geometrical point of view Exports input data and analysis results to Microsoft Word

START-Elements - Piping Designer’s Tool Support span calculation Surface vehicle load on the buried pipe Buried pipe longitudinal stability analysis Above ground pipe longitudinal stability analysis Pipe, bend, tee, reducer, cap wall thickness calculation One-time expansion joint span length calculation U-, Z-, L-shaped loops analysis And more…

Import and Export Import and Export to PDMS (two-way interface) Import from Pland4D Import from PCF file format (Autoplant, PlantSpace, Plant3D, CADWorx, SmartPlant e.t.c.) Import from Caesar II Neutral file (under development till 2017) Import and export to Hydrosystem software Import and export to START Neutral format file Export to Dxf format (Autocad) Export report to Word

De facto standard in Russia and CIS countries Machine/operating system First introduced in 1969 De facto standard in Russia and CIS countries Year Machine/operating system 1969 Minsk 2 computer 1972 Minsk 32 computer 1976 ES-1040 computer 1992 PC: MS DOS 2000- PC: Windows 95,XP,7,8,10

START is used by more than 1500 companies, more than 8000 licenses Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Serbia, Finland, Italy, Germany, UK, Japan, China, South Korea Russia Belarus Ukraine Kazakhstan China

Russian, English, and Chinese user interface and user’s manual

Codes Type Code name Power piping ASME B31.1-2016 (USA), DL/T 5366-2014 (China), RD 10-249-98 (Russia) Process piping GOST 32388-2013 (Russia) Gas&Oil transmission SNiP 2.05.06-85, SP 36.13330.2012 (Russia) District heating CJJ/T 81-2013 (China), GOST R 55596-2013 (Russia) FRP/GRP/GRE, Plastic piping ISO 14692-3:2002 (International), GOST 32388-2013 Plastic piping (Russia)

ASME B31.1-2016 Project settings Pipe properties Bend properties Tee properties

ASME B31.1-2016 Features: Code stress table On-the-fly add the axial force stress On-the-fly add creep stress On-the-fly change stress range between installation state to operation state or cold state to operation state Tooltip text shows all stress calculation equations with all variable values for every table cell All load case stresses are shown in one table (weight, expansion , test, creep) Table can be easily copied to Microsoft Excel or Word by one click Code stress table

Buried piping modeling Vertical soil flexibility Longitudinal soil flexibility Friction Horizontal soil flexibility Horizontal soil P-∆ diagram Vertical soil P-∆ diagram Longitudinal soil P-∆ diagram (friction) K1 – Polyurethane foam insulation K2 – Expansion cushion flexibility K3 – Horizontal soil flexibility K4 – Vertical soil flexibility K5 – Longitudinal soil flexibility Interaction between pipeline and soil in buried pipelines, take into account nonlinear soil flexibility, polyurethane insulation layer and expansion cushions

Buried piping modeling Restrained zone #3 Sliding zone #2 Bending zone #1 Soil drop or swelling Soil thaw

Soil Database contain soil properties, depth, soil type and insulation type is specified in pipe properties. That’s all you need to model buried piping with START

No need to select restrained and unrestrained zones for buried piping No need to select restrained and unrestrained zones for buried piping. Everything calculated automatically No need to run soil modeler each time you change your model. Soil springs are placed automatically during analysis. Very fast

START also consider the buoyancy of water and changing of the soil properties located in water (soil liquefaction) Ground water level Ground water level

Buried pipe insulation stress check Stress is checked in 5 points Equivalent insulation stress Axial stress depend on steel pipe axial stress Hoop stress, depend on steel pipe hoop stress from FEM model Radial stress from FEM model Shear hoop stress from FEM model Shear axial stress, depend on axial friction force Allowable insulation stress

High temperature piping with creep effect High temperature piping creep effect Creep lead to expansion stress relaxation (reduction) with time Stress concentration zones START ignore cold spring added by user for high temperature piping because code said so. Any cold spring will disappear due to creep relaxation strain stress time time

High temperature piping with creep effect Creep lead to piping self cold-spring in cold condition Stress Stress Stress at first heating Stress at first heating Stress after relaxation Average stress Temperature Stress after relaxation Stress in cold condition (after relaxation) Time Average stress - stress, at which the creep fracture is equal to real creep curve fracture Stress after relaxation caused by self-spring after cooling down - mean expansion temperature difference to consider stress relaxation, - mean expansion temperature difference to consider self-spring in cold condition, - real expansion temperature difference, - creep diminish factor, - creep self-springing factor.

START consider the remaining friction forces at the cold condition of the pipeline. No analog in other software. It is important for pre-stretched buried pipelines Operation condition of above ground pipeline Cold condition of above ground pipeline (after cool down). There’s a big anchor force due to remaining friction Operation condition of buried pipeline Cold condition of buried pipeline (after cool down). There’s a big anchor force due to remaining friction

Plastic piping analysis Allowable stress depends on time and temperature Chemical resistance, Joint strength, Safety factors - Pressure elongation - Temperature elongation - Chemical swelling elongation Young’s module depends on time, stress and temperature Tee Bend stress intensification factors Reducer

Plastic piping analysis

FRP/GRP/GRE piping analysis START have the database with fiberglass pipe and fitting material properties at different temperatures. Therefore START provides fiberglass analysis as easy as for the steel pipelines compared to other pipe stress software

FRP/GRP/GRE piping analysis For fittings f2=0.67 f2=0.83 f2=0.83 f2=0.83 Full envelope for pipes Simplified envelope for pipes and fittings

Vacuum piping analysis With stiffness rings

START prof consider nonlinear effects Friction in sliding supports Returning force due to hanger rod rotation One-way restraints Gaps Nonlinear soil properties for buried pipes Spring and constant force hanger selection START prof consider bourdon effect Rotation Translation

START consider tee branch flexibility Rigid element

Automatic Spring Selection Constant load hanger and support selection OST 108.764.01-80, OST 24.125.109-01, MN 3958-62, MVN 049-63 (Russian) LISEGA, WITZENMANN (Germany) NBT 47039-2013, China Power (China) Constant load hanger and support selection WITZENMANN (Germany) NB/T 47038-2013 (China)

Equipment and vessel nozzle flexibility modeling START-Nozzle option Nozzle-FEM software

START-Elements Sliding support span calculation (strength condition and limited sag condition) v<0.5DN Water <0.02DN

START-Elements Surface vehicle load on the buried pipe

START-Elements Buried pipe longitudinal stability analysis Restrained pipe fails the buckling check

START-Elements Above ground pipe longitudinal stability analysis

OAO "Mosinjproject", Moscow, Russia. Success Stories OAO "Mosinjproject", Moscow, Russia. Buried district heating network with polyurethane foam insulation built in Moscow. Depth 1.4 m, soil: sand, diameter 1420 mm, wall thickness 14 mm, Pressure 1.6 MPa, Temperature 130°C, product: hot water

OAO "Mosinjproject", Moscow, Russia. Success Stories OAO "Mosinjproject", Moscow, Russia. Above ground district heating network with polyurethane foam insulation built in Moscow. Diameter 1420 mm, wall thickness 14 mm, Pressure 1.6 MPa, Temperature 150°C, product: hot water

OAO "Mosinjproject", Moscow, Russia. Success Stories OAO "Mosinjproject", Moscow, Russia. Buried district heating network with polyurethane foam insulation at Moscow. Depth 2 m, soil: sand, diameter 820 mm, wall thickness 9 mm, Pressure 1.6 MPa, Temperature 130°C, product: hot water