Piping Design for Earthquakes
Piping Design for Earthquakes
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OK Guys & Gals,
I am the Newbie in this Forum so please forgive me for asking basic questions. No i am not a student and I am not about to design some earth shattering system using any tips I pick up. Just learnig a branch of engineering that i find interesting. I need a mentor here, even in my twilight years.
I have available Pipeak piping design software. The tutorail (advanced) describes the software can be used however leaves you up in the air when it comes to applying a frequency range, damping ratio etc. Where do you get the data that can be applied to a pipe system? What are the rules? Even the piping codes are general in their requirements. Basically stating that a pipe system should be analysed! thats not much help.
Where can I get the information and understanding?
I am the Newbie in this Forum so please forgive me for asking basic questions. No i am not a student and I am not about to design some earth shattering system using any tips I pick up. Just learnig a branch of engineering that i find interesting. I need a mentor here, even in my twilight years.
I have available Pipeak piping design software. The tutorail (advanced) describes the software can be used however leaves you up in the air when it comes to applying a frequency range, damping ratio etc. Where do you get the data that can be applied to a pipe system? What are the rules? Even the piping codes are general in their requirements. Basically stating that a pipe system should be analysed! thats not much help.
Where can I get the information and understanding?





RE: Piping Design for Earthquakes
Go to: www.asce.org
Select: Research
Select: Civil Engineering Database
Under Subject Headings enter: earthquakes pipelines
Select: Search
You will get a listing of over 50 technical articals relating to earthquakes and pipelines. Select any one and you will get the source location and a summary of the paper.
Good luck.
RE: Piping Design for Earthquakes
www.americanlifelinesalliance/pdf/buried_pipe3.pdf
This publication can be downloaded. Section 11 covers Earthquakes