Quality Assurance

To ensure quality assurance of Aster solver, MetaPiping & MetaStructure provide a tool that execute piping and structure projects and compare the results to official references.

Piping references :

  • Piping calculation software PIPESTRESS 4.2 FOLIO: 5/165
  • RCC-M Code, 2002 to 2020 editions: “Design and construction rules for mechanical equipment equipment for PWR nuclear reactors”.
  • Code EN 13480-3 2017 edition and Addenda 2020: “Metallic industrial piping”.
  • ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Section III Subsection NB, editions 2015 to 2021
  • ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Section III Subsection NC-ND, editions 2004+A06 to 2021
  • ASME B31.1 editions 1998 to 2020: “Power Piping”.
  • Technical note EDF ENSIN9100025 index D and E
  • “Guide de validation des progiciels de calcul de structures” AFNOR TECHNIQUE
  • U.S. NRC Piping Benchmark Problems, NUREG/CR-1677, BNL-NUREG-51267, Vol. 1, August 1980
  • U.S. NRC Piping Benchmark Problems, NUREG/CR-1677, BNL-NUREG-51267, Vol. 2, August 1985
  • U.S. NRC Piping Benchmark Problems, NUREG/CR-6414, BNL-NUREG-52487, January 1997

Structure references :

  • BEAMSTRESS 2.0.1 structural design software FOLIO: 5/114
  • RCC-M Code, 2007 editions: “Design and construction rules for mechanical equipment for PWR nuclear reactors”.
  • ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Section III Subsection NF, 2013 editions
  • EN 1993-1-1, October 2005 edition, + EN 1993-1-1/NA, May 2007 edition, + corrigendum EN 1993-1 1:2005/AC:2009 (April 2009): “Dimensioning of steel structures”.
  • NF EN 13480-3, editions 2010 to 2017: “Metallic industrial piping - Part 3: design and calculation”.
  • EN 1992-4, September 2018 edition: “Design and calculation of concrete fasteners”.
  • “Embedded steel column feet”, Lescouarc’h, April 1988
  • “Articulated column feet in steel”, Lescouarc’h, June 1982
  • “Guide de validation des progiciels de calcul de structures” AFNOR TECHNIQUE

Validation tool

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  1. Click on Validation tool button.

  2. Click on Run VTS MetaPiping or Run VTS MetaStructure to launch all reference projects.

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After several minutes, you can save a report that shows the conformity of the Aster_Solver for current version of the application.