CAESAR II 5.

00
Sneak Preview
See the Next Generation, shipping early November 2005.

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

New Input Interface

New look Integrated graphics, spreadsheet, list Design-your-own spreadsheet with tearables Graphic editing Walk-through Interactive error checking

CAESAR II 4.xx Interface

CAESAR II 5.00 Interface

New look Integrated graphics, spreadsheet, list

CAESAR II 5.00 Interface

CAESAR II 5.00 Interface

Toolbar customization drop-down

Thumbtack for input pane. Clicking will scroll the input into the frame, giving more space for the plot. Tear Away Indicator (double-click anywhere in the box to activate)

Input pane caption bar. Doubleclicking will float the pane for CAESAR II Classic Mode

Aux Screen Selector (Not tearable, but leftclicking and dragging will alter the order. Order change is not persistent)

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These buttons Navigation buttons First, previous, next, last toggle these for each selected item(use the Selection Operator or rightclick on something on the plot

Perform the List/Block operations

Duplicate last element

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Drop down arrow allows selective opening or closing of individual lists

Individual lists may be opened, closed, or undocked in their own windows.

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Design-your-own spreadsheet with tearables

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Mini-spreadsheet, containing only key data.

Design-your-own spreadsheet with tearables

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Graphic editing

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Select element and choose operation

Graphic editing

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Graphic editing

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Graphic editing

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Graphic editing

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Add restraints (or any other auxiliaries).

Graphic editing

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Graphic editing

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Walk-through

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Interactive error checking

Activate Error Checker

Closes Error Check output (re-running will re-open)

CAESAR II 5.00 Interface

Summary from Error Check (only updates when error checking is complete)

Output from Error Check (selecting each line with a node number will highlight that element on the plot and switch the piping input screen (or floating parts) to the appropriate page). Errors are displayed in red, Warnings are green and Notes are blue. Clicking on a column header will sort based on the data in that column.)

Interactive error checking

Input/Error selector (holding left button and dragging will detach windows)

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Interactive error checking

and more: Duplicate Current Element command Additional isometric views Save graphics as JPG, TIF, BMP, HTML Access to Configuration and Load Case Builder Selective opening and closing of Lists Complete customization of Toolbars Fewer scratch files

CAESAR II 5.00 Interface

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

New Technology

Hot Elastic Modulus Consistent Mass Model Improved Specification of Expansion Cycles

Hot Elastic Modulus

Hot Elastic Modulus

Enter up to 9 different temperature dependent moduli

Hot Elastic Modulus

Hot Elastic Modulus

Assign Moduli to individual load cases in the Load Case Options

Consistent Mass Model

CAESAR II 4.XX only supports Lumped Mass Model

Freq = 0.56 (EI/mL4)

Diam = 219.075 mm Thk = 8.1788 mm Ins = 50 mm Length = 10000 mm; E = 2.0339E5 N/mm2 = 2.0339E8 kg-mm/sec2 I = ( /64) * [(219.0754 (219.075 2.0*8.1788)4) = 3.01723E7 mm4 Pipe = 0.00783 kg/cm3, Fluid = 0.001 kg/cm3; Ins = 0.0005 kg/cm3 m = 0.095838 Kg/mm Freqn = 0.56 * [2.0339E8 * 3.01723E7 / (0.095838 * 100004)] =

1.4157 Hz (1st mode) (neglecting contribution of shear deflection)

Consistent Mass Model

CAESAR II 4.XX only supports Lumped Mass Freq = 0.56 (EI/mL4) Model Note this is only a single 1.4157 Hz element model
Diam = 219.075 mm Thk = 8.1788 mm Ins = 50 mm Length = 10000 mm; E = 2.0339E5 N/mm2 = 2.0339E8 kg-mm/sec2 I = ( /64) * [(219.0754 (219.075 2.0*8.1788)4) = 3.01723E7 mm4 Pipe = 0.00783 kg/cm3, Fluid = 0.001 kg/cm3; Ins = 0.0005 kg/cm3 m = 0.095838 Kg/mm Freqn = 0.56 * [2.0339E8 * 3.01723E7 / (0.095838 * 100004)] = (1st mode) (neglecting contribution of shear deflection)

Theoretical frequency of first mode

Consistent Mass Model

CAESAR II 4.XX only supports Lumped Mass Model Note this is only a single element model
=

Freq = 0.56 (EI/mL4)

Diam = 219.075 mm Thk = 8.1788 mm Ins = 50 mm Length = 10000 mm; E = 2.0339E5 N/mm2 = 2.0339E8 kg-mm/sec2 I = ( /64) * [(219.0754 (219.075 2.0*8.1788)4) = 3.01723E7 mm4 Pipe = 0.00783 kg/cm3, Fluid = 0.001 kg/cm3; Ins = 0.0005 kg/cm3 m = 0.095838 Kg/mm Freqn = 0.56 * [2.0339E8 * 3.01723E7 / (0.095838 * 100004)]

1.4157 Hz (1st mode) (neglecting contribution of shear deflection)

Consistent Mass Model

CAESAR II 4.XX only supports Lumped Mass Model Note this is only a single element model
=

Freq = 0.56 (EI/mL4)

Diam = 219.075 mm Thk = 8.1788 mm Ins = 50 mm Length = 10000 mm; E = 2.0339E5 N/mm2 = 2.0339E8 kg-mm/sec2 I = ( /64) * [(219.0754 (219.075 2.0*8.1788)4) = 3.01723E7 mm4 Pipe = 0.00783 kg/cm3, Fluid = 0.001 kg/cm3; Ins = 0.0005 kg/cm3 m = 0.095838 Kg/mm Freqn = 0.56 * [2.0339E8 * 3.01723E7 / (0.095838 * 100004)]

Lumped mass model has more than 30% error 1.4157 Hz (1st mode)

(neglecting contribution of shear deflection)

Consistent Mass Model

CAESAR II 5.00 also supports Consistent Freq = 0.56 (EI/mL4) Mass Model Note this is only a single element 1.4157 Hz model
Diam = 219.075 mm Thk = 8.1788 mm Ins = 50 mm Length = 10000 mm; E = 2.0339E5 N/mm2 = 2.0339E8 kg-mm/sec2 I = ( /64) * [(219.0754 (219.075 2.0*8.1788)4) = 3.01723E7 mm4 Pipe = 0.00783 kg/cm3, Fluid = 0.001 kg/cm3; Ins = 0.0005 kg/cm3 m = 0.095838 Kg/mm Freqn = 0.56 * [2.0339E8 * 3.01723E7 / (0.095838 * 100004)] = (1st mode) (neglecting contribution of shear deflection)

Consistent Mass Model

CAESAR II 5.00 also supports Consistent Mass Model Note this is only a single element model
=

Freq = 0.56 (EI/mL4)

Diam = 219.075 mm Thk = 8.1788 mm Ins = 50 mm Length = 10000 mm; E = 2.0339E5 N/mm2 = 2.0339E8 kg-mm/sec2 I = ( /64) * [(219.0754 (219.075 2.0*8.1788)4) = 3.01723E7 mm4 Pipe = 0.00783 kg/cm3, Fluid = 0.001 kg/cm3; Ins = 0.0005 kg/cm3 m = 0.095838 Kg/mm Freqn = 0.56 * [2.0339E8 * 3.01723E7 / (0.095838 * 100004)]

1.4157 Hz (1st mode) (neglecting contribution of shear deflection)

Consistent Mass Model

CAESAR II 5.00 also supports Consistent Mass Model Note this is only a single element model
=

Freq = 0.56 (EI/mL4)

Diam = 219.075 mm Thk = 8.1788 mm Ins = 50 mm Length = 10000 mm; E = 2.0339E5 N/mm2 = 2.0339E8 kg-mm/sec2 I = ( /64) * [(219.0754 (219.075 2.0*8.1788)4) = 3.01723E7 mm4 Pipe = 0.00783 kg/cm3, Fluid = 0.001 kg/cm3; Ins = 0.0005 kg/cm3 m = 0.095838 Kg/mm

Consistent mass model has less Freqn = 0.56 * [2.0339E8 * 3.01723E7 / (0.095838 * 100004)] 1.4157 Hz (1st mode) than 0.5% error (neglecting contribution of shear deflection)

Specification of Expansion Cycles

Remove ambiguity by specifying the number of expansion cycles associated with each load case

Specification of Expansion Cycles

Remove ambiguity by specifying the number of expansion cycles associated with each load case

CAESAR II doesnt have to guess which Cyclic Reduction Factor to Use

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Custom Report Templates

Design your own custom report types

Custom Report Templates

See your report

Design your own custom report types

as you build it: data, column widths, fonts, colors

Build a Book or Reports

Set up output prior to printing

Build a Book or Reports

Set up output prior to printing

Select a reportand then add it to the list

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Automatic Generation of Stress Isometrics

Isos developed using de-facto standard Isogen

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Piping Code Changes

New codes EN-13480, GPTC/192, Z662 Ch 11

Piping Code Changes

MAJOR revisions B31.3, B31.8

Piping Code Changes

Minor revisions B31.1, B31.5, B31.11, ASME NC, ASME ND, CODETI, TBK 5-6, API-610

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

New Databases

Spring hangers
Binder PiHASA Grinnell -> Anvil

FRP/GRE
Ameron Bondstrand Conley Smith

Structural steel
Japanese Indian

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Whats New?

New Interface for Input New Technology New Reporting Capabilities Built-in Stress Isometrics New and Revised Codes New Databases New ESLand more

Technology Changes Dictate New ESLs

Transition to be as smooth as possible Will require USB port

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