C2 Analysis of steel pipe laid on ground
C2 Analysis of steel pipe laid on ground
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Can anyone offer suggestions of how to model the supporting of a pipe that is laid on the ground? Even though we are solely interested in the expansion case, I need to properly input the weight and the ground support/friction to get realistic results for the expansion displacements. I have tried vertical supports every 15m, but with a total length of ~1km, the number of vertical supports cause C2 not to find a solution.





RE: C2 Analysis of steel pipe laid on ground
Richard Ay
Intergraph CAS
RE: C2 Analysis of steel pipe laid on ground
RE: C2 Analysis of steel pipe laid on ground
RE: C2 Analysis of steel pipe laid on ground
RE: C2 Analysis of steel pipe laid on ground
You say "Pipeline" which to me suggest the system/line is long. Long lines, even steel, do "snake" I can assure you. I worked in a petrochemical site which was built in the early 1960's and most of the "ambient" lines were routed without guides and there were many instances of the lines snaking. It was the main reason why these lines actually functioned as long straight sections subjected to ambient temperature changes and solar gain (when empty) meant that the only flexibility they had was to "snake".
RE: C2 Analysis of steel pipe laid on ground