Can any one tell me if lamination in steel columns can be repaired?
We had las year a case where about 30% of the material for a project had a few less than 1 mm deepth laminations. There was a lot of discusion and it was decided that they could not be repaired, my personal opinion was that it...
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We are designing a new power plant and one of the members of the team has required to use the CVM method for the design of the Lightning system.
I´ve always used the RSM method and not the former mentioned. Also I read in an article that the CVM is not advised by many designers. What...
Dear friends, I am looking for a project for the cheapest technollogy to store potable water tanks and I was thinking on corrugated galvanized technollogy but didn´t have much luck with Mr Google, only 1 company found yet.
Can any one advise if corrugated would be cheaper than welded onsite and...
Hello, does any one know if weld calculations could be performed in Tekla? I mean the total weight of electrode to use.
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Dear friends, a client has found a cavitation problem in his exhaust systems of large 18 piston power engines, it´s happening in all heads and at the same place. Any ideas of why this is happening? please see attached pictures...
Ok I can ask now for a water PE pipeline design on a self owned property, what suystem is more practical, under ground or above? this would be a double system with 10 and 8 inches through 600 mtrs
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Hello, for an ASTM A53-B, 600 mtrs, 10 inch above ground pipe design with 60-80 C water stream, do I need to consider thermal expansion and model it with special software or is it enoutgh to make a static design?
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Hello, dose any one know if there are any kind of Pneumatic or hydraulic time delay control devices? I am looking for a rotational device that could reset my design after one minute but it is required taht it should be 100% mechanical device and 1 minute timers can´t be found in the market...
Hello, to design compressed air, propane, nitrogen and similar systems layouts what manuals or books can you experts advise to buy please
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To design an above ground PVC, ambient temperature pipeline can I asume that all segments could have fixed supports? so as I would not need special software but only design the segments as structures. And for water what standards should I use for the structural design?. Thank you...
Hello can anyone advise if cathodic protection for buried industrial pipe systems has always a current injection device?
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Does anyone have a diagram of a Thermal Oil System that can share please? also can anyone share his opinion on the advantages over steam systems for a Power Plnat?
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Any experiences/opinions on Thermal Oil Systems anyone?
A manufacturer´s website says this:
Essential advantages of thermal oil compared to with steam:
-high boiling point at atmospheric pressure,
-"no-pressure" units up to 350°C possible
-no tendency for corrosion and caking,
-no...
Dear friends, what methods do you use to prepare metal structure welds and struture edges before painting? At many projects when mechanics had only used metal brush rust appears after a short time. Do you advise chemical cleaning?
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just to make sure dear community: please confirm that a WPS according to AWS D1.1 chapter 3 is for base materials and joints included in this chapter and chapter 4 is for new joint designs not included in chapter#?
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For a firefighting systema at a Biogas plant, do you have to include sprinklers at the reactor tanks? I believe not because once a fire starts and explosion would be inminent. And what you should do is design a ring with hydrants and water lines right?