Engineering and TechnicalPiping Systems Design and Stress Engineering
A three day course on the design of process piping that will hold, expand and be supported correctly for its whole service life. Delegates work through piping design codes and material selection, pipe sizing and pressure drop, and flexibility and stress analysis for the combined thermal and pressure loads a system actually sees. Supports, expansion joints and anchor points are covered in detail, because they are where a sound stress calculation is most often undone by installation. Thermal expansion receives particular attention given the high ambient temperature installations common across the region. The course also builds the skill of reading and reviewing isometrics and general arrangement drawings, and closes on the failure modes that recur in refinery, mine and power plant piping and the design decisions that prevent them.
Course objectives
- Apply piping design codes to select pipe classes, fittings and supports
- Perform flexibility and stress analysis for thermal expansion and pressure loads
- Specify pipe supports, expansion joints and anchor points correctly
- Interpret piping isometrics and general arrangement drawings
- Identify common piping failure modes and design mitigations
- Assess nozzle loads and the equipment connections that constrain a layout
- Specify fabrication, inspection and pressure testing requirements
Who should attend
- Piping engineers
- Mechanical design engineers
- Project engineers
- Piping draughtsmen
- Plant engineers reviewing piping design packages
Course outline
- 01Piping design codes and material selection
- 02Pipe sizing and pressure drop calculations
- 03Flexibility and stress analysis fundamentals
- 04Nozzle loads and equipment connections
- 05Pipe supports, expansion joints and anchoring
- 06Reading and reviewing piping isometrics and layouts
- 07Fabrication, inspection and pressure testing
- 08Common piping failure modes and design safeguards
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 to 7 October 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 11 to 13 November 2026 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |