General features

Support for ASME VIII-2 Part 5 Nonlinear Analysis Features

• PRG has invested upwards of 8 person-years of software development and laboratory real-world testing for results validation and correlation. QA/QC for this new capability to be available in NozzlePRO™ and FEPipe™. This marks a MAJOR new capability for all PRG FEA-based applications.
• Automatic Twice Elastic Slope Calculation
• Automatic Collapse Calculation Load Stepping
• Large Rotation, Multi-Linear Elastic Plastic Material, Arc Length Solution with First Order Large Strain
• Nonlinear Ratcheting Determination using Reinhardt Method
• Branch and Run Side Sustained Stress Index Calculation
• Ratcheting for various load combinations
• Plastic Unloading to determine permanent deformed shapes
• Substructure analysis of piping system to determine primary or secondary characteristic of nozzle loading

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