3. User Guide

Welcome to the PSI User Guide!

If you find a bug or a problem with the documentation, please open an issue with the issue tracker. If you have a question about developing with PSI, or you wish to contribute, please join the mailing list or the discord server.

For license questions, please contact Denis Gomes, the primary author.

• 3.1. Overview
• 3.2. Settings
• 3.3. Modeling
  • 3.3.1. Components
    • 3.3.1.1. Run
    • 3.3.1.2. Bend
    • 3.3.1.3. Reducer
    • 3.3.1.4. Rigid
    • 3.3.1.5. Valve
    • 3.3.1.6. Flange
    • 3.3.1.7. Bellow
  • 3.3.2. Component Data
    • 3.3.2.1. Sections
    • 3.3.2.2. Materials
    • 3.3.2.3. Insulation / Refractory / Cladding
    • 3.3.2.4. Codes
    • 3.3.2.5. SIFs/Connections
• 3.4. BCs
  • 3.4.1. Anchor
  • 3.4.2. X
  • 3.4.3. Y
  • 3.4.4. Z
  • 3.4.5. Guide
  • 3.4.6. LineStop
  • 3.4.7. Spring
  • 3.4.8. Snubber
  • 3.4.9. Incline
• 3.5. Loadings
  • 3.5.1. Weight
  • 3.5.2. Pressure
  • 3.5.3. Fluid
  • 3.5.4. Thermal
  • 3.5.5. Hydro
  • 3.5.6. Wind
  • 3.5.7. Seismic
  • 3.5.8. Displacement
• 3.6. Loadcases
• 3.7. Solvers
  • 3.7.1. Static
    • 3.7.1.1. General Procedure
    • 3.7.1.2. Reducers and Bends
    • 3.7.1.3. Tee Flexibility
    • 3.7.1.4. Skewed Supports
    • 3.7.1.5. Spring Algorithm
    • 3.7.1.6. Master Slave (CNode)
    • 3.7.1.7. Non-Linear Supports
    • 3.7.1.8. Friction
    • 3.7.1.9. Loading Sequence and Non-Linear Supports
  • 3.7.2. Modal
  • 3.7.3. Harmonic
  • 3.7.4. Spectra
  • 3.7.5. Time History
• 3.8. Post-Process