pspec

Piping.pspec(mat='', dnom='', sched='', od='', tk='', **kwargs)

Defines pipe material and dimensions.

Mechanical APDL Command: PSPEC

Parameters:

matstr

Material number referring to a material property [ mp ]. Material number must be between 1 and 40.

dnomstr

Nominal diameter of pipe and schedule rating. Only valid ratings accepted. If these are specified, the OD and TK values are found from an internal table.

Valid values for DNOM are: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, and 36.

Valid ratings for SCHED are: 5, 5S, 10, 10S, 20, 30, 40, 40S, 60, 80 80S, 100, 120, 140, 160, XS, XXS, and STD.

schedstr

Nominal diameter of pipe and schedule rating. Only valid ratings accepted. If these are specified, the OD and TK values are found from an internal table.

Valid values for DNOM are: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, and 36.

Valid ratings for SCHED are: 5, 5S, 10, 10S, 20, 30, 40, 40S, 60, 80 80S, 100, 120, 140, 160, XS, XXS, and STD.

odstr

Outer diameter of pipe (if DNOM not specified). If both DNOM and OD are not specified, OD and TK retain their previous values.

tkstr

Wall thickness of pipe (if OD specified).

Notes

Defines pipe material and dimensions. (See the RUN command description in Archived Commands.)

Warning

This command is archived in the latest version of the software.