It is increasingly being recognised that structural borne vibration is a major problem source in many oil/gas, manufacturing and chemical processing companies. Using a unique combination of CAE software, IDEAS is able to provide a detailed problem identification, diagnosis, solution and recommendation package, tailored to your individual needs. Unique Selling Point: IDEAS are one of very few companies that can perform both Monitoring and Analysis. This allows us to generate computer models that can be "tuned" to behave in accordance with the respective Plant Item. Therefore subsequent proposed modifications have validity and confidence in their success is assured.
Project: Vibration Monitoring and Analysis of Process Plant in an On-Shore Gas Terminal.
During high gas flow rate conditions it was observed that an extensive area of pipework and steelwork around pressure control valves began to vibrate. IDEAS was asked to investigate this problem, review the proposed modifications and identify whether the problem was likely to recur.
Using advanced Vibration Analysis techniques it was concluded that the observed vibration was caused by unsteady flow conditions in the pipework, inducing excitations close to the natural frequencies of the combined structure and pipework. Recommendations were made, and a Dynamic Pipe Stress Analysis verified the solution. A detailed Non-linear Finite Element Elastic/Plastic Analysis was performed on the main lateral branch connections to verify their integrity. IDEAS demonstrated a complete understanding of the problem and successfully resolved it using our practical engineering experience and high technology CAE.
Capabilities
- NOISE REDUCTION
- DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
- MODAL ANALYSIS
- VIBRATION ANALYSIS
- VIBRATION MEASUREMENT
- VIBRATION MONITORING
- STRESS AND FATIGUE LIFE FROM VIBRATIONS
Performed using:
- FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
- MONITORING TECHNIQUES
- STATE OF THE ART DATA LOGGING
- ANALYSIS HARDWARE & SOFTWARE