METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGN OF PIPELINE COMPONENTS

摘要

Methods and apparatus for pipeline component design are described. Input parameters and output parameters for the component design are identified (210). An analytic model is constructed using a design of experiments technique to represent influence of the input parameters on the output parameters (220). Value sets for the input parameters which meet a selection criterion for at least one of the output parameters are then identified (230). Finite element analysis is conducted (240) on the identified value sets, and a pipeline component design choice is identified (250) from results of the finite element analysis. Pipeline components are then manufactured according to the identified design.