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NEA-0445 APS-2.

APS-2, Elastic Behaviour of Piping System

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, AUXILIARIES, STATUS, REFERENCES, REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES
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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  APS-2.
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2. COMPUTERS
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Program name Package id Status Status date
APS-2 NEA-0445/01 Tested 01-OCT-1976

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
NEA-0445/01 IBM 370 series IBM 370 series
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3. NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED:  Elastic analysis of piping system.
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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

The flexibility matrix A is first calculated, which is a 6 x 6 matrix known by the characteristics of the piping system. The free thermal expansion vector is then calculated at one  anchor. This vector should be zero. Therefore, the force vector F at the anchor is determined by the inverse flexibility matrix a**(-1),  and the free thermal expansion vector is determined by Fuchs's law.
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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

Maximum number of pipings - 20
Maximum number of branches - 20
Maximum number of pipes - 20
Characteristics of anchor - rigid (except that one anchor is allowed to be displacement-free and force-restricted).
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME:  Less than one minute.
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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

This program can deal with the analysis of piping systems composed of any number of branches, curved pipes with any curvatures and straight pipes with enlarging diameters.
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8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS: RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
NEA-0445/01 01-OCT-1976 Tested at NEADB
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10. REFERENCES
NEA-0445/01, included references:
- Y. Muto:
'Code APS-II For Analysis of Piping Stresses'
  JAERI-M 5616 (in Japanese).
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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: MACHINE REQUIREMENTS
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
Package ID Computer language
NEA-0445/01 FORTRAN-IV
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13. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR:    Yazuchi Muto, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
NEA-0445/01
File name File description Records
NEA0445_01.001 INFORMATION 7
NEA0445_01.002 SOURCE PROGRAM (F4) EBCDIC 2408
NEA0445_01.003 AUXILIARY PROGRAM (ASSEMBLER) 81
NEA0445_01.004 SAMPLE PROBLEM INPUT DATA 111
NEA0445_01.005 SAMPLE PROBLEM PRINTED OUTPUT 1871
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17. CATEGORIES
  • I. Deformation and Stress Distributions, Structural Analysis and Engineering Design Studies

Keywords: elasticity, pipes, stress analysis, thermal expansion.