I am working on a wind assessment of tall flare stacks and I am trying to check the sensitivity of these structures to vortex vibration (resonance).
I am using a document entitled “A Criterion for Assessing Wind Induced Crossflow Vortex Vibrations in Wind Sensitive Structures” (by RW Robinson...
I am trying to build a STAAD model of a large pipe and the drawings I am using are not very specific about the supports. The ISO drawings of the pipework indicate the location of supports and name them as “Guide shoe”, “Slide Shoe”, Tight Shoe”, “Sliding Plate”, “Stopper Shoe”. I don’t have any...
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I am assessing large storage tanks to API 650 App. E, and some of them are failing the hoop stresses check. I must report back to the client the results including recommendations for potential retrofit solution to the problem.
I found on the internet that Carbon Fiber Reinforced...
