My appreciation goes to everyone.
TLHS; the line is buried at one end,about 15m in length and has huge valves + fittings along it's length. I'll discuss with the pipe stress guys as advised.
Thanks.
Good day all,
Thanks for your response to my earlier post. The pipes are heavily rated with huge valves on the line.
An extract from the caesar output at one of the nodes which I'll be providing support for is shown below (the lines are straight run with no bends).
Node Fx N...
I have the load on restraint output from the stress analysis of the pipes using caesar II. Do I still need to calculate and apply friction force in my pipe support design or has this been incorporated into the caesar output?