Do you get basic load or ASME Load Combinations reactions from your pipe stress guys?
Do you get basic load or ASME Load Combinations reactions from your pipe stress guys?
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My pipe stress guys always gives the piping loads based on pipping load combinations instead of basic loads. I've asked for basic loads but they've refused to do it. So I've just ran with what I've got and used the largest and smallest (uplift) loads. I was wondering if this is a normal thing to not get basic loads or if I'm not understanding I should be applying the pipe stress loads. They've also state that they can't run basic loads and that I can't manipulate the load combination reactions to get basic loads because Ceaser II runs iterations or some sort. Which to me doesn't makes sense as the Load Combination Reactions should be the addition of the basic load reaction. I'm still new to the industry so any insight would be appreciated.
RE: Do you get basic load or ASME Load Combinations reactions from your pipe stress guys?
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RE: Do you get basic load or ASME Load Combinations reactions from your pipe stress guys?
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