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PDMS PROPCON Reference Manual

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1 Introduction...................................................................................................1-1 1.1 General Description ....................................................................................................1-1

2 Properties Data .............................................................................................2-1 2.1 Setting Up a Properties Database ..............................................................................2-1 2.2 Description..................................................................................................................2-1

2.2.1 Design Layout Data ......................................................................................2-1 2.2.2 Material Property Data..................................................................................2-1 2.2.3 Case Data.....................................................................................................2-1 2.2.4 Component Data...........................................................................................2-2 2.2.5 Constraint Data.............................................................................................2-2 2.2.6 Run Data.......................................................................................................2-2

2.3 Material Property Data................................................................................................2-2 2.3.1 Hierarchy Description ...................................................................................2-2 2.3.2 Material Properties........................................................................................2-2 2.3.3 Pointers from the Design DB and Specification............................................2-4

2.4 Case Data...................................................................................................................2-4 2.4.1 Hierarchy Description ...................................................................................2-4 2.4.2 Pointer from the Design DB ..........................................................................2-5

2.5 Component Data.........................................................................................................2-5 2.5.1 Hierarchy Description ...................................................................................2-5 2.5.2 Pointer from the Specification.......................................................................2-6

2.6 Constraints Data .........................................................................................................2-6 2.6.1 Hierarchy Description ...................................................................................2-6 2.6.2 Pointer from the Design DB ..........................................................................2-7

2.7 Run Data.....................................................................................................................2-7 2.7.1 Hierarchy Description ...................................................................................2-7

3 Some General Commands ...........................................................................3-1 3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................3-1 3.2 The CLOCK Command...............................................................................................3-1 3.3 The COPY Command.................................................................................................3-2 3.4 The DELETE Command .............................................................................................3-2 3.5 The END Command ...................................................................................................3-2 3.6 The GOTO Command ................................................................................................3-2 3.7 The INCLUDE Command ...........................................................................................3-3 3.8 The LOCK Command .................................................................................................3-3 3.9 The NAME Command.................................................................................................3-3 3.10 The NEW Command...................................................................................................3-4 3.11 The OLD Command....................................................................................................3-4 3.12 The QUERY Command ..............................................................................................3-4 3.13 The RENAME Command............................................................................................3-5 3.14 The REORDER Command .........................................................................................3-5 3.15 The SAME Command.................................................................................................3-5

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3.16 The UNLOCK Command ............................................................................................3-6 3.17 The UNNAME Command ...........................................................................................3-6 3.18 Reference Numbers....................................................................................................3-6 3.19 Exit from PROPCON ..................................................................................................3-6

4 Use of Groups ...............................................................................................4-1

5 Exponential Numbers...................................................................................5-1

A PROPCON Syntax Graphs .......................................................................... A-1 A.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................A-1 A.2 Conventions................................................................................................................A-1 A.3 Command Arguments.................................................................................................A-2 A.4 The PROPCON Syntax Graphs..................................................................................A-2

B The Properties Database Elements............................................................ B-1 B.1 The Properties Database Hierarchy ...........................................................................B-1 B.2 Database Elements ....................................................................................................B-2 B.3 Attributes of Material Data Elements ..........................................................................B-3

B.3.1 Material World (MATW) ................................................................................B-3 B.3.2 Solid (SOLI) ..................................................................................................B-3 B.3.3 Fluid (FLUI)...................................................................................................B-3 B.3.4 Table of Density (TDEN)...............................................................................B-3 B.3.5 Table of Stress (TSTR).................................................................................B-4 B.3.6 Table of Poisson’s Ratio (TPOI) ...................................................................B-4 B.3.7 Table of Coefficient of Expansion (TEXP) ....................................................B-4 B.3.8 Table of Young’s Modulus (TYOU)...............................................................B-4 B.3.9 Table of A Property (TAPR)..........................................................................B-5 B.3.10 Table of B Property (TBPR)..........................................................................B-5 B.3.11 Table of C Property (TCPR) .........................................................................B-5 B.3.12 Text (TEXT) ..................................................................................................B-5 B.3.13 Spot Density (SDEN) ....................................................................................B-6 B.3.14 Spot Stress (SSTR) ......................................................................................B-6 B.3.15 Spot Poisson’s Ratio (SPOI).........................................................................B-6 B.3.16 Spot Coefficient of Expansion (SEXP)..........................................................B-6 B.3.17 Spot Young’s Modulus (SYOU) ....................................................................B-7 B.3.18 Spot A Property (SAPR) ...............................................................................B-7 B.3.19 Spot B Property (SBPR) ...............................................................................B-7 B.3.20 Spot C Property (SCPR)...............................................................................B-7

B.4 Attributes of Case Data Elements...............................................................................B-8 B.4.1 Case World (CASW).....................................................................................B-8 B.4.2 Case Type (CAST) .......................................................................................B-8 B.4.3 Case (CASE) ................................................................................................B-8

B.5 Attributes of Component Data Elements ....................................................................B-9 B.5.1 Component World (CMPW) ..........................................................................B-9 B.5.2 Component Type (CMPT).............................................................................B-9 B.5.3 Component Data (CMPD).............................................................................B-9 B.5.4 Tube Data (TUBD)......................................................................................B-10

B.6 Attributes of Constraint Data Elements.....................................................................B-10 B.6.1 Constraint World (CONW) ..........................................................................B-10 B.6.2 Constraint Type (CONT) ................................................................................B-10

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B.7 Attributes of Run Data Elements ..............................................................................B-11 B.7.1 Run World (RUNW) ....................................................................................B-11 B.7.2 Run (RUN) ..................................................................................................B-12 B.7.3 Card (CARD) ..............................................................................................B-12

B.8 Attributes of Group Elements....................................................................................B-12 B.8.1 Group World (GPWL) .................................................................................B-12 B.8.2 Group (GROU)............................................................................................B-12

C Index of Commands..................................................................................... C-1 C.1 Introduction................................................................................................................ C-1 C.2 List of Commands ....................................................................................................... C-1

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1 Introduction

1.1 General Description

The PDMS PROPCON (PROPerties CONstructor) module is used to input and edit data within the Properties database (DB). Properties data was initially used by PDMS to hold those properties of components and materials which may be needed for stress analysis or safety auditing of all or part of a design. In recent versions its use has been extended to include data such as the material densities needed by the DESIGN structural applications for calculating weights and centres of gravity of steelwork items. PROPCON uses the general constructor syntax, as found in DESIGN, PARAGON, etc., but the principal commands are repeated in this manual for convenience.

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2 Properties Data

2.1 Setting Up a Properties Database

A Properties database (DB) is created in the ADMIN module in the same way as a Design or Catalogue DB. The DB will be assigned, typically, to the team responsible for pipe stressing. The syntax for creating a Properties DB is:

>-- CReate -- DB -- teamname/dbname -- PROP -->

Before the Properties DB can be used, it must be added to a multiple database (MDB).

2.2 Description

Full details of the Properties database structure and of the elements held within it are shown in Appendix B. The types of data stored may be grouped into the following categories:

2.2.1 Design Layout Data

A full description of the geometry and fitting of pipework is needed. This already exists in the Design DB.

2.2.2 Material Property Data

This consists of expansion coefficients, Young’s modulus of elasticity etc., for each material. This includes the actual pipe material, such as steel, and the fluid, such as water, which the pipe contains.

2.2.3 Case Data

Case data consists of the particular values of temperature and pressure that can be applied to a pipe at any one time. A pipe may have several ‘cases’ if the temperature and/or pressure parameters vary.


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2.2.4 Component Data

The Catalogue does not give extensive information on components, only size attributes. The Properties DB component data element can be referenced from individual specification components and consists of physical data, such as weight, flexibility factors, wall thickness, etc.

2.2.5 Constraint Data

This constraint data is split between the Properties DB and the Design DB. In the Design DB, an attachment point is created having a reference attribute which points to a constraint in the Properties DB. This constraint has data referring to forces, moments etc.

2.2.6 Run Data

This is the information needed to carry out a ‘run’ that is not held elsewhere in PDMS and could consist of a header card, for instance, which would contain a person’s name and the type of analysis to be performed. This run data will depend on the type of stressing package interfaced to the Properties DB.

2.3 Material Property Data

2.3.1 Hierarchy Description

The Material World (MATW) comes below World in the Properties hierarchy. It is purely an administrative element that groups material data together. Below MATW are two elements: SOLI and FLUI. The material properties are subdivided such that SOLI holds data for the pipe itself and FLUI holds data for the fluid within the pipe.

2.3.2 Material Properties

The pipework material properties associated with flexibility and stress analysis are as follows:

POISSON’S RATIO COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION YOUNG’S MODULUS ALLOWABLE STRESS DENSITY

There can also be three general properties known as A, B and C properties. These are used to store any additional properties that may be needed. Each of these may be a function of temperature and/or pressure.


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To enable the properties to be stored against temperature and pressure values, the data is stored in a tabular format which incorporates a ‘table’ element for each type of property: TYOU (table of Young’s modulus values), TSTR (table of allowable stresses), etc. Below these are ‘spot’ elements, SYOU, SSTR etc. The ‘spot’ elements have attributes PRES and TEMP where values of pressure and temperature may be input. Each element also has an attribute to allow the input of the corresponding value of its own property; for example, SYOU has an attribute YOUN where a value of Young’s modulus may be stored, SAPR has an attribute APRO where a value of APROPERTY may be stored, and so on. At different temperatures and pressures, the value of Young’s modulus may vary, and so more spot Young’s modulus elements (SYOUs) may be created with different temperature, pressure and Young’s modulus values. Thus the attributes settings for a specific SYOU might be:

TYPE SYOU (Spot Young’s modulus) NAME LOCK OWNE TEMP 20 (Temperature) PRES 101EX+3 (Pressure) YOUN 210EX+9 (Young’s modulus value; see Chapter 6 for a description of the exponential format of numbers)

The table that these spot properties create can then be used by a suitable stressing package. The table effectively forms a graph with the spot property, temperature and pressure. From this table, therefore, the stressing package can interpolate other values it may need. The PDMS unit for TEMP is degrees centigrade and for PRES and YOUN is N/m2. Therefore, this material at a temperature of 20 degrees centigrade and a pressure of 101 kN/m2 would have a value for Young’s modulus (E) of 210 GN/m2. For a change of units, see Chapter 4. Note: FLUI does not have the elements relating to allowable stress, nor

Poisson's ratio, i.e. TSTR, TPOI, SSTR and SPOI. The elements SOLI and FLUI have an attribute DESC (Description) which is a 120-character text string. The table elements (TPOI, TEXP etc) have an attribute PQUA (Property Qualifier) which is some qualification under which the property applies. There is provision for 4 characters. The table elements also have an attribute SREF (Source Reference). This may be the name of a book from where the spot values were obtained and is a 12-character text string. The elements TAPR, TBPR and TCPR also have an attribute PNAM (Property Name) which is a 12-character text string. At the same level as the table elements is an element TEXT which has an attribute STEX which is a 50-character text string.


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2.3.3 Pointers from the Design DB and Specification

The Specification Component (SPCOM) has attributes MATR and FLUR. These are material reference and fluid reference, which point to the pipe material (SOLI) and the fluid within the pipe (FLUI), respectively. In the Design DB, Pipes and Branches also have these attributes MATR and FLUR. If these are set, the references from the Specification Component are ignored, but if they are unset, the references from the Specification Component are used.

2.4 Case Data


The Case World (CASWL) is a member of World in the Properties hierarchy and is an administrative element used to keep all Case data together. Below CASWL come two elements, Case (CASE) and Case Type (CAST). CASE may be directly below CASWL or may come under CAST. CAST is an administrative element to further group cases if there are several of them and they can be split into case types. A Case has of a number of attributes which describe different conditions to which a pipe is subjected. For every ‘run’ of a pipe there may be a number of ‘cases’. CASE has the following attributes:

TYPE CASE NAME LOCK OWNE WEFA (weight factor) WPRE (wind pressure) WIFA (wind factor) IPRE (internal pressure) RPRE (reference pressure) PTEM (pipe temperature) RTEM (reference temperature) TGRA (temperature gradient) SHOC (shock load vector) APPL (application)

The attributes WEFA, WPRE, WIFA, IPRE, RPRE, PTEM, RTEM and TGRA are all real numbers; SHOC is a 3-element real array; APPL is a 20-character text string.


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2.4.2 Pointer from the Design DB

The elements Pipe and Branch in the Design DB have an attribute Case Reference (CASR) which points to a Group of Cases applicable for that pipe in the Properties DB. The use of Groups for Cases is described in Chapter 6.

2.5 Component Data


The Component World (CMPWL) is a member of World in the Properties hierarchy. It is an administrative element to keep component data together. Below CMPWL there is Component Type (CMPT), which is also a purely administrative element. Under CMPT can be found Component Data (CMPD) and Tube Data (TUBD). Insufficient data is held in the Catalogue and Design DBs about components for a stressing ‘run’ to take place. Therefore further data can be stored as attributes of CMPD or TUBD. CMPD has the following attributes:

TYPE CMPD NAME LOCK OWNE OUTD (outside diameter) ACBO (actual bore) BTOL (bore tolerance) WTOL (weight tolerance) CWEI (component weight) CIWE (component insulation weight) WDIA (wind diameter) SHAP (shape factor) RINE (rotational inertia vector) SIF (stress intensification factor) PRFC (pressure factor) SDTH (saddle thickness) CORA (corrosion allowance) EFAC (Young’s modulus factor) BFLE (bend flexibility) DFFL (displacement force flexibility) DMFL (displacement moment flexibility) RMFL (rotational moment flexibility) MRKR (component marker)

The element TUBD has the same attributes, except that it does not have DFFL, DMFL or RMFL and, instead of having CWEI and CIWE, it has UWEI, which is


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weight per unit length (unit weight), and UIWE, which is weight per unit insulation. The attributes OUTD, ACBO, BTOL, WTOL, CWEI, CIWE, WDIA, SHAP, PRFC, CORA, EFAC, BFLE are real numbers; RINE, SIF and SDTH are 3-element real arrays; DFFL, DMFL and RMFL are six- and nine-figure flexibility matrices.

2.5.2 Pointer from the Specification

The Specification Component (SPCOM) has a reference to the Component Data or Tube Data relevant to that particular component. This reference is called CMPR (Component Reference).

2.6 Constraints Data


The Constraint World (CONW) is a member of World. It owns Constraint Type (CONT), which is an administrative element that groups constraint data into types. Below CONT is Constraint (CONS). This element has attributes that store particular conditions to which a constraint may be subjected. CONS owns the Case Table element (TCAS). This is a reference to a particular case for which the constraint data is applicable. One constraint may own more than one TCAS. This could mean that the attribute of constraint is valid for more than one case (for different temperatures and pressures etc.). If there is no TCAS, then this could mean that the attributes of CONS are valid for any particular case. CONS has the following attributes:

TYPE CONS NAME LOCK OWNER APPL (application) FORC (applied force (load)) MOME (applied moment) DISP (applied displacement) ROTA (applied rotation) DLIM (displacement limits) RLIM (rotation limits) FLIM (force limits) MLIM (moment limits) DFLF (translational flexibility factor - distance/force) RFLF (rotation flexibility factor)


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FCOE (friction coefficient) CPUL (cold pull (translational)) CPUT (cold pull (twist))

The attribute APPL (application) is a 20-character text string; FORC, MOME, DISP, ROTA, FLIM, MLIM, DFLF, RFLF, FCOE, CPUL and CPUT are 3-element real arrays; DLIM and RLIM are 6-element real arrays. The element CONT has an attribute RTYP (Restraint Type) which is a 12-character text string. The element TCAS (Case Table element) has an attribute CASR (Case Reference) which references a case applicable for that constraint.

2.6.2 Pointer from the Design DB

In the Design DB, Pipe has a legal member called ATTA (Attachment Point). This element has an attribute CSTR (Constraint Reference) which points to a constraint in the Properties DB, and therefore to all its attributes and conditions.

2.7 Run Data


The Run World (RUNW) is a member of World and owns the element RUN. RUN is a text element with an attribute DATE, which is a 9-character text string, and UNAME (User Name), which is a 12-character text string. RUN owns Card (CARD) which has attributes Card Type (CATY) and Card Text (CTXT), which is a 120-character text string. These text attributes are used to store information necessary to run a specific stress analysis package, e.g. a header card containing a person’s name, type of analysis to be performed, etc.


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3 Some General Commands

3.1 Introduction

The following commands are common to most PDMS constructor modules. A brief description of them is given in this manual, but for a more detailed description see the VANTAGE PDMS DESIGN Reference Manual.

CLOCK COPY DELETE END GOTO INCLUDE LOCK NAME NEW OLD QUERY RENAME REORDER SAME UNLOCK UNNAME Reference Numbers Exit from PROPCON

3.2 The CLOCK Command

The CLOCK syntax is available, as in all constructor modules.

>--- CLOCK ---+--- INITialise --. .-----------------. | |/ | ‘--- READ --------*--- ELapsed --. | | | | |--- CPU ------| | | | | |--- PAGing ---+----’ | |-- ALL --. | | ‘---------|-- TIMEs --. | | ‘-----------+-- nl -->


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3.3 The COPY Command

Elements may be copied using the COPY command. The basic command form is:

>--- COPY --- <gid> --->

This copies the attributes of element <gid> into the Current Element (which must be the same as element <gid>) and duplicates any offspring of element <gid>.

3.4 The DELETE Command

Elements are deleted using the DELETE command (for deletion of groups, see Section 6, Use of Groups). The simplest command form is

>--- DELETE --- noun --->

which deletes the Current Element and all its members and removes its reference from its owner list. After deletion, the owner of the Current Element becomes the Current Element.

>--- DELETE --- noun --- MEMbers --->

will delete all the members of noun and any offspring members, but not noun itself.

3.5 The END Command

The END command makes the owner of the Current Element the new Current Element.

3.6 The GOTO Command

Wherever an element has a reference to another element, the command GOTO may be used instead of typing the reference element’s name explicitly. For example, the element TCAS has an attribute CASR (Case Reference). The referenced Case may be accessed by typing the Case name, but can also be accessed by:


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GOTO CASR

3.7 The INCLUDE Command

Moving an element from one list to another is done using the INCLUDE command:

>--- INClude --- <gid> ---+--- BEFore ---. | | |--- AFTer ----+--- <gid> ---. | | ‘----------------------------+--->

Because the INCLUDE command could cause problems if used between two DBs in an MDB, its use has been restricted to operating only within one DB in an MBD.

3.8 The LOCK Command

To prevent any accidental deletion of elements, they may be locked; under these conditions, they cannot be modified in any way. The Current Element may be locked using:

>--- LOCK --->

Sometimes it may be desirable to lock the Current Element’s offspring as well as itself. This may be done using:

>--- LOCK --- ALL --->

3.9 The NAME Command

An element may be named by

>--- NEW --- noun --- name --->

but can be set or changed by

>--- NAME --- name --->

Note: All PDMS names must have a slash (/) as a prefix.



3.10 The NEW Command

Elements are created using the NEW command. The simplest command form is:

>--- NEW --- noun --->

An element of type noun is created and inserted in the Current List immediately after the Current List Position and becomes the new Current Element (noun must be a legal member type of the Current Element). It is possible to add a name and/or attributes after the NEW command on the same line, or they may be input as separate lines. For example:

NEW TUBD /ABC OUTD 120 (name) (attribute)

3.11 The OLD Command

The OLD command can be used to ensure that, when accessing an element, it is of the type required, e.g.

OLD TUBD /XYZ

If element /XYZ is not a TUBD, then the following message appears: INCORRECT TYPE OF ELEMENT - LINE ABORTED

In other words, because /XYZ is not a TUBD, /XYZ has not become the Current Element and the Current Element remains as it was.

3.12 The QUERY Command

Any attribute of any element may be queried using the QUERY command. All the attributes of an element may be queried using

>--- Query --- ATTributes --->

but some may not be in a readable form and may need to be queried independently. Members of an element may be queried by:

>--- Query --- MEMbers --->

For a full list of what can be interrogated using the QUERY command, see the <quera> graph in Appendix A.


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3.13 The RENAME Command

The RENAME command may be used when copying elements with members to save time having to name the copies later. This can only be used effectively if all the elements have been named with one part of their name common to all elements, e.g.

CAST /C1

members CASE /C1/1 CASE /C1/2 CASE /C1/3 CASE /C1/4

The /C1 part of the name is present in all elements. If the CAST is to be copied, the following syntax may be used:

NEW CAST COPY /C1 RENAME /C1 /C2

This will copy the CAST and its members and where /C1 occurs in the name it will be replaced with /C2, giving

CAST /C2

members CASE /C2/1 CASE /C2/2 CASE /C2/3 CASE /C2/4

This will be the new CAST and its case members with the same attributes as /C1 but named /C2.

3.14 The REORDER Command

The order of elements within the Current List may be changed using the REORDER command:

>--- REOrder --- <gid> ---+--- BEFore ---. | | ‘--- AFTer ----+--- <gid> --->

The first element specified is positioned before or after the list position of the second element.

3.15 The SAME Command

The SAME command makes the previous Current Element the new Current Element (previous in time, not list position); that is, it cancels the effect of the most recent change of Current Element.



3.16 The UNLOCK Command

Elements may be unlocked using:

>--- UNLOck --+-- ALL ---. | | ‘----------+--->

3.17 The UNNAME Command

An element can be unnamed, i.e. its name removed, leaving only the PDMS system reference number, by:

>--- UNName --->

3.18 Reference Numbers

Every element created within PDMS is automatically given a system reference number such as:

=83/201

Elements can be identified by this and/or their user–definable name. It is not essential to define a name, but this usually aids easy operation.

3.19 Exit from PROPCON

It is possible to exit from PROPCON by typing either MONITor or any other PDMS module name. This will update the database with any new data created or deleted and will then change to the named module. If the database is not to be updated, exit from PROPCON by typing

QUIT module_name


4 Use of Groups

Groups are used in PROPCON to group Cases together. This is done to save space and time spent creating Cases. Several Cases with the same attributes may be reproduced in different Case Types if groups are not used. The syntax for adding or removing cases from a group is:

>---+--- ADD ------. .-----------. | | / | ‘--- REMOVE ---+--- <gid> ---*--- <gid> ---’ | ‘----->

Note: Do not delete cases from a group or you will delete them from the Properties database. Use the REMOVE syntax

The element Group has an attribute FUNC (Function) which is a 12-character text string.


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5 Exponential Numbers

Exponential numbers may be input into PROPCON with the following syntax:

>--- attribute --- value --- EXponential --- exponent_value --->

For example: YOUN 210 EX 9

means that the value of Young’s modulus input is 210 x 109. Values may be input non-exponentially subject to a maximum number of 11 digits. Use of the EX command allows larger numbers to be input, depending on the particular machine used. Negative exponential numbers may be input, if required, by using a minus sign. The default is positive. PROPCON will output numbers in exponential format if the number is large enough or small enough.


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A PROPCON Syntax Graphs

A.1 Introduction

This appendix contains the legal command and interrogation syntax graphs applicable to the PDMS PROPCON module.

A.2 Conventions

The following conventions apply to the syntax graph presentation: (a) Graphs of primary importance are listed first. The remaining graphs are listed in alphabetical order. (b) All graphs are individually identified by name. Names are composed of alphabetic characters written in lowercase and enclosed between angled brackets, e.g. <gid>. (c) Commands to be input are written in a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters when the commands can be abbreviated. The uppercase letters define the minimum permissible abbreviation.

e.g. TERminal

This command may be input as: TER, TERM, TERMI, up to the full complement of characters.

(d) Graphs are normally read from top left to bottom right. Any junction (as shown below) allows you to input any of the commands to the right of the junction:

>---+--- A ----. | | |--- B ----| | | ‘--- C ----+--->

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(e) When a ‘loop back’ is included in the graphs, the command(s) in the loop may be repeated as required.

.------------. / | --*--- <gid> ----’ | ‘--- nl ---------->

A.3 Command Arguments

Name Definition Example nl new line carriage return name name /ABCDE refno reference number =23/1403 val value -31529 word alphabetic word DESI text text string ’Enclose in apostrophes’ sign + or - +

A.4 The PROPCON Syntax Graphs

<sadj>

>---+--- <watt> -------- word ---. | | |--- DESCription --- text ---| | | |--- SREFerence ---- text ---| | | |--- PNAMe --------- text ---| | | |--- APPLication --- text ---| | | |--- RTYPe --------- text ---| | | |--- UNAMe --------- text ---| | | |--- STEXt --------- text ---| | | |--- FUNCtion ------ text ---| | | |--- DATe ---------- text ---| | | ‘--- CTXT ---------- text ---+--->

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<satt>

>---+--- OWNer --------------. | | |--- TEMPerature --------| | | |--- PRESsure -----------| | | |--- DENSity ------------| | | |--- STREss -------------| | | |--- POISsons -----------| | | |--- EXPAnsion ----------| | | |--- YOUNgs -------------| | | |--- APROperty ----------| | | |--- BPROperty ----------| | | |--- CPROperty ----------| | | |--- RTEMperature -------| | | |--- RPREssure ----------| | | |--- WEFActor -----------| | | |--- WPREssure ----------| | | |--- WIFActor -----------| | | |--- IPREssure ----------| | | |--- RPREssure ----------| | | |--- PTEMperature -------| | | |--- TGRAdient ----------| | | |--- SHOCkload ----------| | | |--- OUTDiameter --------| | | |--- ACBOre -------------| | | |--- BTOLerance ---------| | | |--- WTOLerance ---------| | | |--- UWEIght ------------| | | |--- UIWEight -----------| | | |--- WDIAmeter ----------| | | |--- SHAPe --------------|



(continued) |--- RINErtia -----------| | | |--- SIF ----------------| | | |--- PRFC ---------------| | | |--- SDTHickness --------| | | |--- CORAllowance -------| | | |--- EFACtor ------------| | | |--- DFLFactors ---------| | | |--- FORCe --------------| | | |--- MOMEnt -------------| | | |--- DISPlacement -------| | | |--- ROTAtion -----------| | | |--- DLIMit -------------| | | |--- RLIMit -------------| | | |--- FLIMit -------------| | | |--- MLIMit -------------| | | |--- DFFLexibility ------| | | |--- FCOEfficient -------| | | |--- CPULl --------------| | | |--- CASReference -------| | | |--- CATYpe -------------| | | |--- CTXT ---------------| | | |--- DMFLexibility ------| | | |--- RMFLexibility ------| | | |--- CPUTwist -----------| | | |--- RFLFactors ---------| | | |--- BFLExibility -------| | | |--- CWEIght ------------| | | |--- CIWEight -----------| | | ‘--- PWAStage -----------+--->



<snoun>

>---+--- MATWorlds --------. | | |--- SOLIds -----------| | | |--- FLUIds -----------| | | |--- TDENsity ---------| | | |--- TDENsities -------| | | |--- TSTResses --------| | | |--- TPOIssons --------| | | |--- TEXPansions ------| | | |--- TYOungs ----------| | | |--- TAPRoperties -----| | | |--- TAPRoperty -------| | | |--- TBPRoperties -----| | | |--- TBPRoperty -------| | | |--- TCPRoperties -----| | | |--- TCPRoperty -------| | | |--- SDENsity ---------| | | |--- SDENsities -------| | | |--- SSTResses --------| | | |--- SPOIssons --------| | | |--- SEXPansions ------| | | |--- SYOUngs ----------| | | |--- SAPRoperty -------| | | |--- SAPRoperties -----| | | |--- SBPRoperty -------| | | |--- SBPRoperties -----| | | |--- SCPRoperty -------| | | |--- SCPRoperties -----| | | |--- CASWorlds --------| | | |--- CASEs ------------|



(continued) |--- CMPWorlds --------| | | |--- CMPTypes ---------| | | |--- CMPData ----------| | | |--- CONWorlds --------| | | |--- CONTypes ---------| | | |--- CONStraints ------| | | |--- TCASes -----------| | | |--- RUNWorlds --------| | | |--- RUNdecks ---------| | | |--- CARDs ------------| | | |--- TEXts ------------| | | |--- CASTypes ---------| | | |--- TUBDatas ---------| | | ‘--- GPWLds -----------+--->

<squer>

>---+--- CTXT -------------. | | |--- <watt> -----------| | | |--- DESCription ------| | | |--- SREFerence -------| | | |--- PNAMe ------------| | | |--- APPLication ------| | | |--- RTYPe ------------| | | |--- UNAMe ------------| | | |--- STEXt ------------| | | |--- FUNCtion ---------| | | ‘--- DATe -------------+--->

<watt>

>---+--- PQUAlifier -----. | | ‘--- MRKR -----------+--->


B The Properties Database Elements

B.1 The Properties Database Hierarchy

The Properties DB hierarchy is as follows:

CMPD

GPWL CASH RUNW MATW CMPW CONW

WORLD

GROU RUN CMPT CONT

CASE CARD CONS

CASE CAST SOLI FLUI CONS

CASE TUBD TCAS

TCAS

TDEN TSTR TPOI TEXP TYOU TAPR TBPR TCPR TEXT TDEN TEXP TYOU TAPR TBPR TCPR TEXT

SDEN SSTR SPOI SEXP SYOU SAPR SBPR SCPR SDEN SEXP SYOU SAPR SBPR SCPR

THIS DIAGRAM NEEDS EDITING/REDRAWING

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The Properties Database Elements

B.2 Database Elements

1. Material World 2. Solid 3. Fluid 4. Table of Density 5. Table of Stress 6. Table of Poisson’s Ratio 7. Table of Coefficient of Expansion 8. Table of Young’s Modulus 9. Table of A Property 10. Table of B Property 11. Table of C Property 12. Text 13. Spot Density 14. Spot Stress 15. Spot Poisson’s Ratio 16. Spot Coefficient of Expansion 17. Spot Young’s Modulus 18. Spot A Property 19. Spot B Property 20. Spot C Property 21. Case World 22. Case Type 23. Case 24. Component World 25. Component Type 26. Component Data 27. Tube Data 28. Constraint World 29. Constraint Type 30. Constraint 31. Table of Cases 32. Run World 33. Run 34. Card 35. Group World 36. Group The default values of each attribute, if any, are shown in the following lists.

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B.3 Attributes of Material Data Elements

B.3.1 Material World (MATW) TYPE MATW NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE

Legal Owners: WORLD Legal Members: SOLI, FLUI

B.3.2 Solid (SOLI) TYPE SOLI NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE DESC

Legal Owners: MATW Legal Members: TDEN, TSTR, TPOI, TEXP, TYOU, TAPR, TBPR, TCPR, TEXT

B.3.3 Fluid (FLUI) TYPE FLUI NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE DESC

Legal Owners: MATW Legal Members: TDEN, TEXP, TYOU, TAPR, TBPR, TCPR, TEXT

B.3.4 Table of Density (TDEN) TYPE TDEN NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE PQUA 0.00 SREF

Legal Owners: SOLI, FLUI Legal Members: SDEN



B.3.5 Table of Stress (TSTR) TYPE TSTR NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE PQUA 0.00 SREF

Legal Owners: SOLI Legal Members: SSTR

B.3.6 Table of Poisson’s Ratio (TPOI) TYPE TPOI NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE PQUA 0.00 SREF

Legal Owners: SOLI Legal Members: SPOI

B.3.7 Table of Coefficient of Expansion (TEXP) TYPE TEXP NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE PQUA 0.00 SREF

Legal Owners: SOLI, FLUI Legal Members: SEXP

B.3.8 Table of Young’s Modulus (TYOU) TYPE TYOU NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE PQUA 0.00 SREF

Legal Owners: SOLI, FLUI Legal Members: SYOU



B.3.9 Table of A Property (TAPR) TYPE TAPR NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE PNAM PQUA 0.00 SREF

Legal Owners: SOLI, FLUI Legal Members: SAPR

B.3.10 Table of B Property (TBPR) TYPE TBPR NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE PNAM PQUA 0.00 SREF

Legal Owners: SOLI, FLUI Legal Members: SBPR

B.3.11 Table of C Property (TCPR) TYPE TCPR NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE PNAM PQUA 0.00 SREF

Legal Owners: SOLI, FLUI Legal Members: SCPR

B.3.12 Text (TEXT) TYPE TEXT NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE STEX

Legal Owners: SOLI, FLUI Legal Members: None



B.3.13 Spot Density (SDEN) TYPE SDEN NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE TEMP -100000.00 PRES -100000.00 DENS 0.00

Legal Owners: TDEN Legal Members: None

B.3.14 Spot Stress (SSTR) TYPE SSTR NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE TEMP -100000.00 PRES -100000.00 STRE 0.00

Legal Owners: TSTR Legal Members: None

B.3.15 Spot Poisson’s Ratio (SPOI) TYPE SPOI NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE TEMP -100000.00 PRES -100000.00 POIS 0.00

Legal Owners: TPOI Legal Members: None

B.3.16 Spot Coefficient of Expansion (SEXP) TYPE SEXP NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE TEMP -100000.00 PRES -100000.00 EXPA 0.00

Legal Owners: TEXP Legal Members: None



B.3.17 Spot Young’s Modulus (SYOU) TYPE SYOU NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE TEMP -100000.00 PRES -100000.00 YOUN 0.00

Legal Owners: TYOU Legal Members: None

B.3.18 Spot A Property (SAPR) TYPE SAPR NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE TEMP -100000.00 PRES -100000.00 APRO 0.00

Legal Owners: TAPR Legal Members: None

B.3.19 Spot B Property (SBPR) TYPE SBPR NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE TEMP -100000.00 PRES -100000.00 BPRO 0.00

Legal Owners: TBPR Legal Members: None

B.3.20 Spot C Property (SCPR) TYPE SCPR NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE TEMP -100000.00 PRES -100000.00 CPRO 0.00

Legal Owners: TCPR Legal Members: None



B.4 Attributes of Case Data Elements

B.4.1 Case World (CASW) TYPE CASW NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE

Legal Owners: WORLD Legal Members: CAST, CASE

B.4.2 Case Type (CAST) TYPE CAST NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE

Legal Owners: CASW Legal Members: CASE

B.4.3 Case (CASE) TYPE CASE NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE WEFA 0.00 WPRE 0.00 WIFA 0.00 IPRE -100000.00 RPRE 0.00 PTEM -100000.00 RTEM 0.00 TGRA 0.00 SHOC 0.00 0.00 0.00 APPL

Legal Owners: CASW, CAST Legal Members: None



B.5 Attributes of Component Data Elements

B.5.1 Component World (CMPW) TYPE CMPW NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE

Legal Owners: WORLD Legal Members: CMPT

B.5.2 Component Type (CMPT) TYPE CMPT NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE

Legal Owners: CMPW Legal Members: CMPD, TUBD

B.5.3 Component Data (CMPD) TYPE CMPD NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE OUTD 0.00 ACBO 0.00 BTOL 0.00 WTOL 0.00 CWEI 0.00 CIWE 0.00 WDIA 0.00 SHAP 1.00 RINE 0.00 0.00 0.00 SIF 1.00 1.00 1.00 PRFC 1.00 SDTH 0.00 0.00 0.00 CORA 0.00 EFAC 1.00 BFLE -100000.00 DFFL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 DMFL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 RMFL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MRKR 0.00



Legal Owners: CMPT Legal Members: None

B.5.4 Tube Data (TUBD) TYPE TUBD NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE OUTD 0.00 ACBO 0.00 BTOL 0.00 WTOL 0.00 UWEI 0.00 UIWE 0.00 WDIA 0.00 SHAP 1.00 RINE 0.00 0.00 0.00 SIF 1.00 1.00 1.00 PRFC 1.00 SDTH 0.00 0.00 0.00 CORA 0.00 EFAC 1.00 PWAS 0.00 BFLE -100000.00 MRKR 0.00

Legal Owners: CMPT Legal Members: None

B.6 Attributes of Constraint Data Elements

B.6.1 Constraint World (CONW) TYPE CONW NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE

Legal Owners: WORLD Legal Members: CONT, CONS

B.6.2 Constraint Type (CONT) TYPE CONT NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE RTYP

Legal Owners: CONW Legal Members: CONS



B.6.3 Constraint (CONS)

TYPE CONS NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE APPL FORC 0.00 0.00 0.00 MOME 0.00 0.00 0.00 DISP 0.00 0.00 0.00 ROTA 0.00 0.00 0.00 DLIM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 RLIM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 FLIM 0.00 0.00 0.00 MLIM 0.00 0.00 0.00 DFLF -100000.00 -100000.00 -100000.00 RFLF -100000.00 -100000.00 -100000.00 FCOE 0.00 0.00 0.00 CPUL 0.00 0.00 0.00 CPUT 0.00 0.00 0.00

Legal Owners: CONW, CONT Legal Members: TCAS

B.6.4 Case Table Element (TCAS)

TYPE TCAS NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE CASR =0

Legal Owners: CONS Legal Members: None

B.7 Attributes of Run Data Elements

B.7.1 Run World (RUNW) TYPE RUNW NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE

Legal Owners: WORLD Legal Members: RUN



B.7.2 Run (RUN) TYPE RUN NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE DATE UNAM

Legal Owners: RUNW Legal Members: CARD

B.7.3 Card (CARD) TYPE CARD NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE CATY 0 CTXT

Legal Owners: RUN Legal Members: None

B.8 Attributes of Group Elements

B.8.1 Group World (GPWL) TYPE GPWL NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE

Legal Owners: WORLD Legal Members: GROU

B.8.2 Group (GROU) TYPE GROU NAME LOCK FALSE OWNE FUNC

Legal Owners: GPWL Legal Members: CASE .fil .widow 4


C Index of Commands

C.1 Introduction

Note: All commands with a section reference of ***** are standard PDMS commands which are common to all constructor modules and which are not described in this manual. For details of these commands, see the VANTAGE PDMS DESIGN Reference Manual. The most common commands are listed first (CLOCK to QUIT), followed by the remainder in alphabetical order.

C.2 List of Commands

COMMAND SECTION

CLOCK 3.1, 3.2 COPY 3.1, 3.3 DELETE 3.1, 3.4 END 3.1, 3.5 GOTO 3.1, 3.6 INCLUDE 3.1, 3.7 LOCK 3.1, 3.8 NAME 3.1, 3.9 NEW 3.1, 3.10 OLD 3.1, 3.11 QUERY 3.1, 3.12 RENAME 3.1, 3.13 REORDER 3.1, 3.14 SAME 3.1, 3.15 UNLOCK 3.1, 3.16 UNNAME 3.1, 3.17 MONITOR 3.19 QUIT 3.19

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Index of Commands

COMMAND SECTION

APPLICATION 2.4.1, 2.6.1 APROPERTY 2.3.2 BACKWARDS ***** BFLEXIBILITY 2.5.1 BPROPERTY 2.3.2 BTOLERANCE 2.5.1 CARDS 2.7.1 CASES 2.4.1 CASREFERENCE 2.4.1 CASTYPES 2.4.1 CASWORLDS 2.4.1 CATYPE 2.4.1 CIWEIGHT 2.5.1 CMPDATA 2.5.1 CMPTYPES 2.5.1 CMPWORLDS 2.5.1 CONSTRAINTS 2.6.1 CONTYPES 2.6.1 CONWORLDS 2.6.1 CORALLOWANCE 2.5.1 CPROPERTY 2.3.2 CPULL 2.6.1 CPUTWIST 2.6.1 CTXT 2.7.1 CWEIGHT 2.5.1 DATE 2.7.1 DENSITY 2.3.2 DESCRIPTION 2.7.1 DFFLEXIBILITY 2.5.1 DFLFACTORS 2.6.1 DISPLACEMENT 2.6.1 DLIMIT 2.6.1 DMFLEXIBILITY 2.5.1 EFACTOR 2.5.1 EXPANSION 2.3.2 FCOEFFICIENCENT 2.6.1 FINCH ***** FLIMIT 2.6.1 FLUIDS 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3 FORWARDS ***** FORCE 2.6.1 FUNCTION 5.1 HEAD ***** INCH ***** IPRESSURE 2.4.1 MATWORLDS 2.3.1 MILLIMETRE *****

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Index of Commands

COMMAND SECTION

MLIMIT 2.6.1 MM ***** MOMENT 2.6.1 MRKR 2.5.1 OUTDIAMETER 2.5.1 OWNER ***** PNAME 2.3.2 POISSONS 2.3.2 PQUALIFIER 2.3.2 PRESSURE 2.3.2 PRFC 2.5.1 PTEMPERATURE 2.4.1 RFLFACTORS 2.6.1 RINERTIA 2.5.1 RLIMIT 2.6.1 RMFLEXIBILITY 2.5.1 ROTATION 2.6.1 RPRESSURE 2.4.1 RTEMPERATURE 2.4.1 RTYPE 2.6.1 RUNDECKS 2.7.1 RUNWORLDS 2.7.1 SAPROPERTY 2.3.2 SBPROPERTY 2.3.2 SCPROPERTY 2.3.2 SDENSITIES 2.3.2 SDENSITY 2.3.2 SDTHICKNESS 2.5.1 SEXPANSIONS 2.3.2 SHAPE 2.5.1 SHOCKLOAD 2.4.1 SIF 2.5.1 SOLIDS 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3 SREFERENCE 2.3.2 SSTRESSES 2.3.2 STEXT 2.3.2 STRESS 2.3.2 SYOUNGS 2.3.2 TAIL ***** TAPROPERTY 2.3.2 TBPROPERTY 2.3.2 TCASES 2.6.1 TCPROPERTY 2.3.2 TDENSITIES 2.3.2 TEMPERATURE 2.3.2 TEXTS 2.3.2

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Index of Commands

COMMAND SECTION

TEXPANSIONS 2.3.2 TGRADIENT 2.4.1 TPOISSONS 2.3.2 TSTRESSES 2.3.2 TUBDATAS 2.5.1 TYOUNGS 2.3.2 UIWEIGHT 2.5.1 UNAME 2.7.1 UNITS 4.1 UWEIGHT 2.5.1 WDIAMETER 2.5.1 WEFACTOR 2.4.1 WIFACTOR 2.4.1 WPRESSURE 2.4.1 WTOLERANCE 2.3.1 YOUNGS 2.3.2

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