Load on sheeting rails
Load on sheeting rails
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Hi,
I have a bank of 3 vertical pipes fixed with unistrut to sheeting rails at 2 metre centres. The client has asked for the loading of these pipes which I assume is at each sheeting rail.
Whats the first step in calculating the loads, its been 10 years since i did this at college. I know the pipe weights in kg/m both empty and full and the distance from floor level. All im missing is the knowledge of the equation.
Thanks
Lee
I have a bank of 3 vertical pipes fixed with unistrut to sheeting rails at 2 metre centres. The client has asked for the loading of these pipes which I assume is at each sheeting rail.
Whats the first step in calculating the loads, its been 10 years since i did this at college. I know the pipe weights in kg/m both empty and full and the distance from floor level. All im missing is the knowledge of the equation.
Thanks
Lee






RE: Load on sheeting rails
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RE: Load on sheeting rails
Thanks for the reply, thats pretty much what i thought.
The unistrut which runs with the pipe is pipe clipped to the pipe.
The unistut is then bolted back to the sheeting rail every sheeting rail (at 2m centres)
Doesnt this mean however that the load is not exactly taken by the sheeting rail, it is only a means of 'restraint'
If so, where is the load transferred?
Thanks
Lee
RE: Load on sheeting rails