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Bentley technology
enabled us to easily
perform all the special
calculations required
for the projectand
allowed us to check
design results more
directly
Similaly, GMI had pviously lid on spadshtsto calculat pip stsss.
Using Bntly AutoPIPesotwa on this pojct, GMI pomd piping
stssanalysis and dtmind pip sizing and th sup-pots and anchos that
w quid. Th sotwadisplayd th xpctd ocs and actions, andnabld th
ngins to xpot thos valus o
stuctual calculations.
Th Bntly AutoPIPe modl povidd GMI with thsuppot aangmnt o th nti
piplin and couldasily b xpotd to AutoCAD. In AutoCAD, GMIchckd
dviations and updatd th dawings.
Using Bntly AutoPIPe, GMI dtmind th ncs-say suppot and ancho
aangmnt, minimizingvolums o conct and th numb o suppots.
Byminimizing ocs latd to anchos, suppots, andquipmnt, GMI achivd an
conomical installationand assud pop opation o th quipmnt.
Again using Bntly AutoPIPe, GMI was abl to
intoduc mo alistic (that is, not absolutly igid)am suppots. Th
suppots modld bhaviowhn subjct to displacmnts, ocs, and actionswas
mo alistic using Bntly AutoPIPe. Claly,this data savd GMI many
woks, sinc th inducddisplacmnt o suppots is considd in th
AutoPIPemodl. Without this option, GMI would hav had toinput th
suppot action ocs to oth sotwa,potntially dsigning ovly xpnsiv
suppots.
By using stss analysis sotwa with th AutoPIPemodl, GMI accountd
o dynamic cts such aswind o sismic movmnt, taking into account
thlvant cod quimnts. AutoPIPe also gav GMIth ability to consid th
ct o soil coving thpiplin. Givn som basic soil poptis, th sot-wa
dtmins its ct on th pip. This allowsGMI to obtain valuabl inomation
by inputting soilpoptis into th modl.
In addition, GMI usd modal analysis, anothBntly AutoPIPe atu, to
assu a natualsonanc quncy o th systm that was dintom th pump moto
quncy. This is anothbnt o Bntly AutoPIPes inclusion o th
suppotsystm as wll as th pips in its modl.
Bntly tchnology nabld us to asily pom
all th spcial calculations quid o th pojct,wh on pvious pojcts w
had to contact withxtnal consultants in od to dliv ths ngi-ning
svics, said estban rios Pita, mchanicalngin with GMI S.A., in chag
o th nginingpotion o th pojct. In addition, Bntly sotwaallowd us to
chck dsign sults mo dictly.
rios Pita continud, Moov, th stss analysiswokfow bcam mo cint,
and w shavdman-hous o dsign and woks, with th tim
budgtd o th wok bing mo than adquat. In
act, w tid sval piping aangmnt scnaiosand chos th most cint on
in tms o asibil-ity, cost, and constuctability. W also tid
dsignsincopoating dint matial spcications todtmin th pop pip
thicknss.
Ancho block calculations w xcutd byth civil ngins, and th action
ocs andmomnts w dtmind by piping-stssngins. GMI took th inomation
om BntlyAutoPIPe and xpotd it to an Accss l,including all wokabl
combinations accoding toth scnaio und analysis. It was thn abl
tocustomiz pots and lt th main altnativsaccoding to th applicabl
cod.
Nxt, GMI dlivd th Accss l to th civil ngi-ns, who usd th valus
to dsign ancho blocks,whil considing sustaind and occasional
loads.This incasd cincy, sinc it was asi o civilngins to dtct
applicabl loads and idntiy thancho position insid th pip modl.
Th sam pocdu was usd o suppot calcula-tions. Th typ o suppot usd
was idntid in thxpotd AutoCAD l, and th ocs w taknom th Accss
databas. Ths valus w usdto dsign stl and conct inastuctu.
In shot, by adopting th nw tchnologis inHAMMer and Bntly
AutoPIPe, GMI poducdngining dawings ast than othwispossibl. And,
bcaus GMI catd a tabulatddatabas o actions, momnts and ocs, it
wasabl to pom ancho and suppot calculationsin lss tim. Ultimatly,
by using HAMMer andBntly AutoPIPe, GMI savd appoximatly$50,000 on
th pojct and was assud it couldmt th ngining pojcts dadlin.
2009 Bentley Systes, Incopoated. Bentley, and the B Bentley
logo, AutoPIPE, and HAmmEr ae eithe egisteed o unegisteed tadeaks o
sevice
aks of Bentley Systes, Incopoated o one of its diect o indiect
wholly owned subisdiaies. Othe bands and poduct naes ae tadeaks of
thei
espective ownes. BAA016830-1/0001 09/09
GMI SA Ingenieros Consultores developed the engineering
for a permanent freshwater supply for the new concentrator
process which will triple copper production.
