Posted by: NolanF
B31.4 overall design factor for hoop stress - 01/21/19 12:43 PM
A client would like us to use an overall design factor for hoop stress of 0.60 instead of 0.72 that is standard in B31.4. Is there a way to edit this in CAESAR II? If so, how is this accomplished? Thank you.
Posted by: Dave Diehl
Re: B31.4 overall design factor for hoop stress - 01/22/19 08:37 AM
Is this B31.4 Chapter IX? If you select that flavor of B31.4 (there are three), you will see that you can select 0.60 or 0.72. You can even set a custom value.
Posted by: NolanF
Re: B31.4 overall design factor for hoop stress - 01/22/19 08:57 AM
Dave, thanks for the response. It is not chapter IX. I see the options you mentioned in 2017 but I should also note that I am using CAESAR II 2016 since it uses B31.4-2006 (to comply with 49CFR195).