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ROHR2isapipestressanalysisCAEsystemfromSIGMAIngenieurgesellschaftmbH,basedinUnna,
Germany.Thesoftwareperformsbothstaticanddynamicanalysisofcomplexpipingandskeletalstructures,
andrunsonMicrosoftWindowsplatform.[1][2]

ROHR2softwarecomeswithbuiltinindustrystandardstresscodessuchasASMEB31.1,B31.3,B31.4,
B31.5,B31.8,EN13480,CODETIalongwithseveralGRPpipecodesaswellasnuclearstresscodessuchas
ASMECl.13,KTA3201.2,KTA3211.2.

Contents
1 Name
2 History
2.1 EarlyyearsasaMBPproduct:1960'sto1989
2.2 AsaEDS/SIGMAproduct:1989to2000
2.3 SigmaIngenieurgesellschaftmbHproduct:2000topresent
3 Softwareenvironment
4 Calculationbasics
5 Relatedproducts
6 Seealso
7 References
8 Externallinks

Name
ThebrandnamecomesfromtheGermanword"Rohr"(pronouncedasROAR)whichmeans"Pipe.

History
EarlyyearsasaMBPproduct:1960'sto1989

ROHR2wascreatedinthelate1960sbytheoneofthefirstsoftwarecompaniesinGermany,Mathematischer
BeratungsundProgrammierungsdienst(MBP),basedinDortmund.ROHR2firstranonmainframessuchas
UNIVAC1,CRAY,andlaterPrimecomputer.Atthetime,theprogramwascommandlinedrivenwitha
proprietaryprogramminglanguagetodescribethepipingsystemsanddefinethevariousloadconditions.The
1987launchedversion26,wasreleasedforIBMPCaswellasIBMPCcompatiblesystems.[3]

AsaEDS/SIGMAproduct:1989to2000

MBPwaslatertakenoverbyEDS(thenapartofGeneralMotorsCorp.,nowpartofHPEnterpriseServices).
In1989,SIGMAIngenieurgesellschaftmbHwasfoundedinDortmund,andtheROHR2developmentand
supportteammovedtothenewofficepremisesofSIGMA.Thegraphicaluserinterfacewasaddedin1994to
theproduct,whichallowedtheeditingofpipingsystemswithouttheneedofmasteringtheearlierrequired
programminglanguage.

SigmaIngenieurgesellschaftmbHproduct:2000topresent

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Fromtheyear2000onwards,thecompletelicensingandsalesactivitiescameunderthemanagementof
SIGMAIngenieurgesellschaftmbHwhichbythenevolvedintoanengineeringcompanyspecializinginpipe
engineering,aswellasasoftwaredevelopmentfirm.

Therecentdevelopmentsincludenewbidirectionalinterfacesbasedonopenstandardsfortransferofdatawith
otherCAD/CAEproductssuchasAVEVAPDMS,[4]CADISON,Intergraph'sPDS,Intergraph'sSmartPlant,
HICAD,MPDS4,BentleySystem'sAutoPLANT,Autodesk'sPLANT3DandotherPCFsupportedsoftware.
TheintegrationofROHR2intotheusersworkflowissupportedbythirdpartyinterfaceproductstoensure
interoperabilityanorminthepresentengineeringsoftwareindustry.[5][6]

Softwareenvironment
TheROHR2programsystemcomeswiththefollowingsoftwareenvironmentsconsistingofROHR2winthe
graphicaluserinterface,theROHR2calculationcore,andvariousadditionalprograms(see:related
products).

Calculationbasics
Thestaticanalysisincludesthecalculationofstaticloadsofanyvalue,orcombinationinaccordancewiththe
theoriesoffirstandsecondorderforlinearandnonlinearboundaryconditions(friction,supportlift).

Additionalloadconditionscanalsobeapplied,suchasdynamicloadsorharmonicexcitation.Furthermore,the
dynamicanalysisincludethecalculationofeigenvaluesandmodeshapesaswellastheirprocessinginvarious
modalresponsemethodsfortheanalysisof,forexample,earthquakesandfluidhammer.

Anonlineartimehistorymodule(ROHR2stoss)allowstheanalysisofdynamiceventsinthetimedomain,
whiletakingintoaccountnonlinearcomponents[7]suchassnubbersorviscodampersbasedontheMaxwell
model.[8]Anefficientsuperpositionmoduleenablesamanifoldselectionandcombinationofstaticand
dynamicresults.

Relatedproducts
ROHR2fesuFiniteElementAnalysisofSubstructuresinROHR2
ROHR2isoCreationofisometricdrawingsinROHR2
ROHR2stossStructuralAnalysiswithDynamicLoadsusingDirectIntegration
ROHR2nozzleAnalysisofnozzlesinpipingsystemsaccordingtoAPI610,617,661,NEMASM23,
DINENISO5199,9905,10437andothers
ROHR2pressInternalpressureanalysisofpipingcomponents
SINETZSteadyStateCalculationofFlowDistribution,PressureDropandHeatLossinBranchedand
IntermeshedPipingNetworksforcompressibleandincompressiblemedia
SINETZfluidCalculationofFlowDistributionandPressureDropofincompressibleMediain
BranchedandIntermeshedPipingNetworks

Seealso
PipeStressanalysis

References
1."ROHR2:StaticAndDynamicAnalysisOfComplex
PipingStructures"(http://www.oilandgasonline.com/d
oc.mvc/ROHR2StaticAndDynamicAnalysisOf00
01).Oil&Gadjournal.Retrieved21August2012.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROHR2
2."ROHR2Update30.3bPipeStressAnalysis"(htt
p://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2009/10/04/10.04.1
3.htm).CIMData.Retrieved21August2012.
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3."RohrstatikSoftware"(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
doi/10.1002/cite.330590102/abstract).Chemie
IngenieurTechnik.
4."AVEVAReleasesPipeStressInterfaceforSIGMA
ROHR2"(http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/aveva/08
2112_sigma.htm).Retrieved21August2012.
5."EnablingInteroperabilityViaSoftwareArchitecture"
(http://www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA458
021).dtic.mil.Retrieved21August2012.
6."Integrateddesignandcalculationprocessat
WINGAS"(http://www.itandfactory.de/EE_201006%
20S44%20%20Integrated%20design%20and%20calcu
lation%20process%20at%20WINGAS%20@WINGA
S%20(LR).pdf)(PDF).Retrieved21August2012.
7.ArticleDynamicPipeStressAnalysiswith
Nonlinearitiesin3RInternational,06/2004,p.342f
(Germantitle:PraktischeErmittlungvonKennwerten
nichtlinearerRohrleitungselementeindynamische
Strukturberechnungenin3RInternational,06/2004,
Seite342ff)
8.Berkovsky,Alexey."SeismicEngineeringKnowledge
TransferSeminar"(http://www.oecdnea.org/nsd/csni/
iage/workshops/rez2011/documents/Seismic%20Desi
gn%20and%20Response%20of%20NPP%20Piping.p
df)(PDF).

Externallinks
ROHR2HomepageEnglish(http://www.rohr2.com)

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