What I wrote about test condition load allowable stress in Sec-VIII Div 2:2015 clause 4.1.7 is what we have used for hydrotest of a large number of applications successfully. If we bow to US, it is due to ASME codes, excellent engineering culture which keeps us all safe and sound in logical systematic way!
When you use FEA, know about your loading and corresponding code allowable, too!
In this direction, I depend on FePipe & NozzlePro of PRG as general purpose FEA codes do not provide much direction and help our Tony Paulin could provide in need - I remember, he helped me in pressure design of giant sized WYE joint under high pressure safely by FEPipe.
What Dorin wrote in the above email is really the same.
Keep tight control over the input data - dimensions, material s PMI test, specification and corresponding yield stress at per with Div-2 design by analysis approach.
reg,
sam
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