Aug 22, 2006 #1 Galuck Industrial Sep 22, 2005 9 I have a 12"ID pipe system that is designed with hard pipe loops. Is there a way to calulate the pressure load back to the anchors?
I have a 12"ID pipe system that is designed with hard pipe loops. Is there a way to calulate the pressure load back to the anchors?
Aug 22, 2006 #2 JStephen Mechanical Aug 25, 2004 8,701 You might check in the Piping and Fluid Mechanics Engineering forum. Upvote 0 Downvote
Aug 22, 2006 #3 J1D Structural Feb 22, 2004 259 Definitely. Piping Stress guys use special softwares for this, to get pipe loads at every support (vertical, guide & anchor, etc) Upvote 0 Downvote
Definitely. Piping Stress guys use special softwares for this, to get pipe loads at every support (vertical, guide & anchor, etc)
Aug 22, 2006 #4 BigInch Petroleum Jun 21, 2006 15,161 Its not so hard that you need anything other than a good spreadsheet for the simple standard configurations. Its quite possible that you don't need a canned program. Going the Big Inch! http://virtualpipeline.spaces.msn.com Upvote 0 Downvote
Its not so hard that you need anything other than a good spreadsheet for the simple standard configurations. Its quite possible that you don't need a canned program. Going the Big Inch! http://virtualpipeline.spaces.msn.com
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