Part 1: Introduction – Why Expansion Joints
This section serves as an introductory overview of expansion joints.

1. Thermal Expansion of pipes
2. Piping system designer tools
3. Steps to acquire a metal bellows expansion joint
4. A US Bellows example job

Part 2: System Design: Anchors, Guides and Expansion Joints

1. Metal expansion joints
2. Types and applications
   1. Single bellows
   2. Multiple bellows
   3. Slip type

Part 3: Fabric Expansion Joints and Bellows Geometry

1. Refractory lined expansion joints
2. Metal bellows convolution parameters
3. Software and Databases
4. Bellows instability & cycle life
5. Fabric expansion joints

Part 4: Fabric Expansion Joints

1. Metallic vs. Fabric
2. Fabric materials
3. Importance of the belt

Part 1: Introduction - Overview of Piping
This section serves as an introductory overview of piping system design.

1. Effects of operating conditions, including flow rate, design pressure and temperature on piping design
2. Impact of internal and external forces on the design
3. Influences that the different modes of failure and the applicable codes have on the entire system
4. Piping layout, an overview of the general support classifications

Part 2: Preliminary Piping Design - Piping System Components

1. Concepts used in developing an initial piping layout
2. Design principles including fluid properties, flow rate, and physical laws which influence the complete piping system layout
3. Understand the effect of different piping system components, such as tanks, vessels, valves, and pumps, on the overall configuration

Part 3: Preliminary Piping Design - The Total System

1. The total piping system
2. The different types of equipment and components that define various types of piping systems
3. Differences between series piping, parallel piping and branch piping as well as their specialized applications
4. The piping system conditions such as static and dynamic head loss
5. Influences on the selection and distribution of piping components throughout the entire system

Part 4: Basic Concepts of Stress Analysis - Flexibility Analysis

1. Historical perspective of how earlier analysis techniques were developed in the absence of today's computer technology
2. Review how earlier techniques have evolved ultimately leading to today's finite element practices
3. The basic concepts of stress analysis will be covered, including failure theories, stress intensification factors, and the overall purpose of stress analysis