Superpiper, I would recommend you to try with FEA. FE-Pipe is made in a way that is more "piping user" friendly than trying to create the model in other FEA software.

Regards

PS By the way..., I don't like to ruin parties, but aren't these Kellogg papers protected by copyrights?
If they aren't not can you add me to the list.
pedro.massabie@snclavalin.com