Seismic design for plumbing connections
Seismic design for plumbing connections
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Has anyone gone through the tedious process of analyzing / designing connections for overhead plumbing pipes as related to seismic forces? Being in NC, we've only had to deal with basic building seismic design. We've been hired to analyze the plumbing connections and 50 gal. water heater for something the plumbing contractor had already installed, as related to seismic. As small as this job is and the location, it's kind of ridiculous for the specs to require calculations etc. Although we piece together parts of the Code, there are sooo many calculations, some of which don't tell us anything and so many assumptions we have to make I question the accuracy of the calculations anyway. So I 'm basically wondering if there is a prescriptive guide to aid in this kind of design.






RE: Seismic design for plumbing connections
But if you have a lot of corners, expansion joints, differing rigidities, etc - things can get real sticky.
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