Patent ID: 7398193
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: G01N,G06F,G21C,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method of offering wall-thickness thinning prediction information in which wall-thickness data of piping parts for specifying wall-thickness values of the piping parts which may or may not be received from a client, and simulated wall-thickness data of the piping parts obtained based on the received wall-thickness data, if existent, is offered to the client, the method comprising the steps of: simulating behavior of fluid flowing inside a pipe line based on said received wall-thickness data, if existent, of said piping parts and three-dimensional layout data of said pipe line including said piping parts using a computer; calculating simulated wall-thickness data of said piping parts composing said pipe line in accordance with a change of said simulated behavior of fluid; and when said wall-thickness data of said piping parts and three-dimensional layout data of said pipe line including said piping parts is non-existent, calculating a prediction of a wall-thickness of said piping parts in accordance with a simulated data of said piping parts; and sending a simulated thinned wall-thickness data to the client.