1.1. Piping Benchmarks Using Archived Elements

The first set of piping benchmark problems is solved using archived pipe elements PIPE16 and PIPE18. The system natural frequency and the element and nodal results obtained from Mechanical APDL solutions using these elements are verified against the NRC benchmark solutions.

Piping Benchmarks using Archived Elements:

VM-NR1677-01-1-a
VM-NR1677-01-2-a
VM-NR1677-01-3-a
VM-NR1677-01-4-a
VM-NR1677-01-5-a
VM-NR1677-01-6-a
VM-NR1677-01-7-a
VM-NR1677-02-1-a
VM-NR1677-02-2-a
VM-NR1677-02-3-a
VM-NR1677-02-4-a
VM-NR6645-01-1-a