30' vertical pipe stiffness
30' vertical pipe stiffness
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I need to figure out what the minimum size of 30' long pipe is that would not significantly wobble (a few inches at most) in "average" wind conditions when C-clamped to a ~ 1000+ lb anchor bolted to concrete with concrete bolts. C-clamps would be used at ground level and ~ 5' above ground level. Any clues how to approach this or personal experience to give me a ballpark size?
Thank you!
Thank you!





RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
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You may want to look into harmonics also, to be sure you don't hit a natural frequency.
RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
I can't see you just Hilti it to the concrete and calling it good. That is going to be a huge turning moment at the base given a few inch deflection at the top of a 30 ft pipe! You may need to pour a concrete support.
Kenneth J Hueston, PEng
Principal
Sturni-Hueston Engineering Inc
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
The OD and SCH wall thickness is what I'm trying to determine! It would be a continuous length of galvanized steel pipe. There is no option to pour more concrete but I am anchoring it with U-bolts to a 5' vertical metal beam on machine that weighs 1000+ lbs and is bolted down into concrete (so it's probably immovable).
RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
drag coefficient vs reynolds number: http://
wind gradient info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_gradient
RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
1. Calculate wind loading on PIPE MAST (Cd = 1.2 for cylinder)
2. Calculate wind loading on square antenna (Cd = 2.0 for flat plate)
3. Represent wind loading on PIPE MAST as uniformly distributed load and calculate max. displacement at tip due to uniformly distributed load.
2. Represent wind loading on SQUARE ANTENNA at the top as point load and calculate max. displacement at the tip due to that point load at tip.
3. Sum the two max. displacements to obtain total displacement at tip.
Does this sound reasonable? Thanks again!
RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
This might help:-
http://www.acmelingo.com/flagpoles/FP1001-07.pdf
and this
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desertfox
RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
RE: 30' vertical pipe stiffness
Maybe you don't want to, anyway. Look at, e.g., the poles used to support billboards high above expressways. They're stepped, made from several diameters of pipe. Larger pipe toward the base makes it a little easier to deal with the moment.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA