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What is NozzlePRO?

NozzlePRO is a component analysis tool for piping and pressure vessels. The tool brings the accuracy of the finite element method to the engineering community for general design and analysis. NozzlePRO is based on the technology offered in FE/Pipe with a user interface that simplifies input and allows engineers to quickly analyze piping and pressure components with a high degree of accuracy.

NozzlePRO technology is a significant improvement over the limitations inherent in WRC 107/297 methods. WRC methods are accurate across a small subset of ranges found in industrial applications. Since NozzlePRO is based on the finite element method, there are application constraints based on geometry.

Evaluate nozzles, saddles, pipe shoes and clips on shell or heads. Modeled head types include...

  • Conical
  • Dished
  • Elliptical
  • Spherical

Inputs include thermal, weight, operating, occasional, pressure, wind and earthquake loads as well as material and nozzle orientation. NozzlePRO includes the Saddle Wizard and has interfaces with MatPRO, COMPRESS, and Microprotol.

What are key NozzlePRO features?

  • Automated nozzle calculations: allowable loads, flexibility factors, stress intensification factors
  • Automatic fatigue calculations for piping and pressure vessel codes
  • Extend use of piping programs beyond B31 flexibility and SIF limits on D/T (B31.3, Appendix D)
  • Fatigue analysis includes a calculation for maximum allowed cycles and includes fatigue analysis according to BS5500, EN13445, ASME and WRC 474.
  • Improve beam analysis in piping programs using flexibility factors (WRC 329)
  • Interface with MatPRO allows comprehensive ASME material property lookup
  • Nozzle reinforcements: barrel and pad reinforced
  • Rich DirectX graphics show animated models for each load case and code stress category
  • Saddle wizard with pipe shoe options for repads, fluid head, tapered saddles, and user controlled boundary conditions
  • State and transient heat transfer analysis of selected head models
  • Tabular and graphical reports are produced in HTML.