Resources Numerical accuracy
Calculations
Every calculation under our calculation policies: what it works out, its formula and the precision it runs at. Open one to see its code as it is in the released app.
Calculations
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Minimum design metal temperature
The stress ratio and the temperature reduction read from points a person types.
ratio = tr·E ÷ (tn − c); MDMT = base − ΔT(ratio)
Pressure vessel thickness and support formulas process/equip/vessel.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Data sheet values
The rows and text of the vessel data sheet.
Pressure vessel thickness and support formulas process/equip/vessel.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Equipment parameters for the plant model
The diameter, length and support height handed to the plant equipment.
Pressure vessel thickness and support formulas process/equip/vessel.js64-bit- CadCraft
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External pressure from chart factors
The allowable external pressure of a cylinder from the chart factor A and the material curve a person types.
chart: P_a = 4B ÷ (3·D_o ÷ t); elastic: P_a = 2A·E ÷ (3·D_o ÷ t)
Pressure vessel thickness and support formulas process/equip/vessel2.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Stiffening ring inertia
The moment of inertia a stiffening ring must have.
I_s = D_o² × L_s × (t + A_s ÷ L_s) × A ÷ 14
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Head outline
The outline of a hemispherical, ellipsoidal or torispherical head from the axis to the tangent line.
ellipsoidal: (R·cos a, (R ÷ ratio)·sin a), a from π ÷ 2 to 0 in n steps
Vessel outline and inside volume process/equip/vessel2.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Torispherical head outline
The crown and knuckle arcs of a torispherical head and where they join.
c = R − r_k; dz = √((R_c − r_k)² − c²); junction angle = atan2(dz, c)
Vessel outline and inside volume process/equip/vessel2.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Vessel outline, height and volume
The full inside outline with both heads, the overall height and the inside volume.
V = Σ π·(r₁² + r₁·r₂ + r₂²) ÷ 3 × (z₂ − z₁); m³ = mm³ × 10⁻⁹
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Nozzle position on the body
The position and axis of a nozzle on the shell or on a head.
position = (R·cos φ, R·sin φ, z_tangent + at)
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Liquid release through a hole
The mass flow and exit velocity of a liquid leaving through a hole.
v = √(2ΔP ÷ ρ + 2g·h); ṁ = Cd × A × ρ × v
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Gas release through a hole
The mass flow of a gas leaving through a hole, choked or not.
choked: ṁ = Cd·A·P₀·√(k·M ÷ (Z·R·T) × (2 ÷ (k + 1))^((k+1)/(k−1)))
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Flash fraction
The fraction of a pressurized liquid that turns to vapor on release.
F = 1 − exp(−cp·(T − T_b) ÷ h_fg)
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Pool evaporation rate
The evaporation rate from a liquid pool in wind.
k_g = 0.004786 × U^0.78 × d^(−0.11) × Sc^(−0.67); ṁ = k_g × A × M × P_v ÷ (R·T)
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Radiation distance from a point source
The distance at which the heat flux from a fire falls to a given level.
r = √(τ·χ·Q ÷ (4π·q))
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Pool fire
Flame height, heat release and ground distances to each flux level for a burning pool.
H = 42·D × (m″ ÷ (ρ_a·√(g·D)))^0.61; ground = √(r² − (H ÷ 2)²)
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TNT-equivalent mass
The mass of TNT with the same explosion energy as the fuel.
W = η × m × ΔH_c ÷ E_TNT
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Blast overpressure
The side-on overpressure at a distance from a TNT charge.
Z = R ÷ ∛W; P ÷ P_a = 808·(1 + (Z ÷ 4.5)²) ÷ √((1 + (Z ÷ 0.048)²)(1 + (Z ÷ 0.32)²)(1 + (Z ÷ 1.35)²))
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Distance to an overpressure
The distance at which the blast overpressure falls to a given level.
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Probit of a dose
The probit value for a concentration and exposure time.
Pr = a + b × ln(Cⁿ × t)
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Error function
The error function used to turn a probit into a probability.
erf(x) ≈ 1 − (a₁t + a₂t² + a₃t³ + a₄t⁴ + a₅t⁵)·e^(−x²), t = 1 ÷ (1 + 0.3275911·|x|)
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Probability from a probit
The probability that corresponds to a probit value.
P = ½ × (1 + erf((Pr − 5) ÷ √2))
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Blast curve interpolation
Reads a scaled overpressure or duration from the curve points a person typed.
ln y = ln y₀ + (ln y₁ − ln y₀) × (ln R − ln R₀) ÷ (ln R₁ − ln R₀)
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Sachs scaling length
The length that scales distances for an explosion of a given energy.
L = ∛(E ÷ P₀)
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Multi-energy overpressure
The overpressure and positive duration at a distance from a blast source of given energy and strength.
R̄ = R ÷ L; ΔP = P̄(R̄) × P₀; duration = t̄(R̄) × L ÷ 340
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Distance to a multi-energy overpressure
The distance at which the overpressure of a blast source falls to a given level.
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Overpressure from several sources
The overpressure at a point from each blast source and which one governs.
E = volume × energy density; R = max(distance, 0.01 m)
Release, fire, explosion and toxic screening process/safety/blast.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Blast contour circles
Circles on the site plan at given overpressure levels.
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Heavy-gas cloud spreading
Radius, height, concentration and drift of a dense gas cloud over time, and when it dilutes to a given concentration.
dR/dt = Cg·√(g′·H); dV/dt = π·R²·a_top·u* + 2π·R·H·a_edge·dR/dt; g′ = g·(ρ − ρ_a) ÷ ρ_a
Release, fire, explosion and toxic screening process/safety/heavygas.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Dilution flow, volume and radius
The ventilation flow needed to dilute a release, the hypothetical flammable volume and the radius of a sphere of that volume.
LFL_m = LFL × M × P ÷ (R·T); Q_min = rate ÷ (k × LFL_m) × (T ÷ 293); V_z = f × Q_min ÷ C; r = ∛(3V_z ÷ 4π)
Hazardous area extents and zone geometry process/safety/area.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Zone extent and shape
The extent of each zone and its shape: a sphere, or a ground-to-top cylinder for a heavy vapor.
sphere: center (x, y, z), radius r; cylinder: z from 0 to z + r
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Zone sections
The outline of each zone where a vertical plane cuts it.
half-width = √(r² − d²)
Hazardous area extents and zone geometry process/safety/area.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Point inside a zone
Whether an item's position lies inside a zone volume.
sphere: |p − c| ≤ r; cylinder: plan distance ≤ r and z₀ ≤ z ≤ z₁
Hazardous area extents and zone geometry process/safety/area.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Circle as a polygon
The ring of points that stands for a circular zone in exported files.
(cx + r·cos(2π·k ÷ 48), cy + r·sin(2π·k ÷ 48)), rounded to 6 decimals
Hazardous area extents and zone geometry process/safety/zones.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Zone footprints as GeoJSON
The plan footprints of the zones as a GeoJSON file in local meters.
Hazardous area extents and zone geometry process/safety/zones.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Zone footprints as DXF
The same footprints as DXF polylines, one layer per level.
Hazardous area extents and zone geometry process/safety/zones.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Zone volume mesh
A closed triangle mesh of a sphere, hemisphere, cylinder or extruded polygon zone.
Hazardous area extents and zone geometry process/safety/zones.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Mesh volume
The volume enclosed by a closed triangle mesh.
V = Σ p · (q × r) ÷ 6
Hazardous area extents and zone geometry process/safety/zones.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Release sources from the diagram
Release sources with position, pressure and temperature taken from the equipment on a process diagram.
P₀ = 101325 + dp × 10⁵; T = dt + 273.15; position = drawing coordinate × factor, rounded to 6 decimals
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Mitigated event frequency
The frequency of a scenario after its protection layers, against the target.
f = Σ f_IE × Π p_modifier × Π PFD_IPL; required PFD = target ÷ f
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Required PFD of a new layer
The probability of failure a safety function must reach to close the gap.
required PFD = target ÷ (frequency without that layer)
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SIL band of a PFD
The safety integrity level a probability of failure on demand falls in.
SIL n when 10^−(n+1) ≤ PFD < 10^−n
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Unavailability of one channel
The probability that one channel has failed dangerously at a time since new.
u(t) = 1 − exp(−λ_t·(t mod TI) − λ_n·t)
Layer of protection and SIL arithmetic process/safety/lopa.js64-bit- CadCraft
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PFDavg by the simplified equations
The average probability of failure on demand for each voting architecture.
1oo1: λ·TI ÷ 2; 1oo2: ((1 − β)λ·TI)² ÷ 3 + β·λ·TI ÷ 2; 2oo3: ((1 − β)λ·TI)² + β·λ·TI ÷ 2
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PFDavg by averaging over the life
The average probability of failure on demand with imperfect proof tests, by numerical averaging.
PFDavg = (1 ÷ life) × ∫₀^life [P(at least N − K + 1 channels failed) + common cause] dt
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Safety function total
The PFDavg of each subsystem, their total and the SIL of the total.
PFDavg = Σ subsystem PFDavg
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Line fit
The best straight line through a run of center-line pixels, and how far the worst pixel lies from it.
θ = ½ × atan2(2·Sxy, Sxx − Syy); ends = feet of the first and last points on the line through the centroid
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Circle fit
The best circle through a run of center-line pixels, its sweep and the angles of an arc.
Kåsa: solve the 2 × 2 system for the center about the centroid, r = √(uc² + vc² + (Suu + Svv) ÷ n); then Gauss-Newton on d − r
Tracing a scan into lines and arcs raster/trace.js64-bit- CadCraft
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Corner detection
Where a chain of pixels turns sharply, so it can be cut there before fitting.
turn = |atan2(r − q) − atan2(q − p)| over ± w steps; corner when turn ≥ 0.6 rad and largest nearby
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Splitting a chain into lines and arcs
Fits a line, else an arc, else splits the chain at the point farthest from its chord, and joins neighbors that fit as one.
distance to chord = |(P − A) × (B − A)| ÷ |B − A|
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Joining collinear lines
Merges two lines that lie on the same straight line and nearly touch.
Tracing a scan into lines and arcs raster/trace.js64-bit- CadCraft
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