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2.4 Hanger Design

As seen in Section 2.2 located at (Piping Design for Loading Types), as more restraint is provided to a piping system, weight stresses...

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2.3.7 Expansion Stress — Other Solutions

Often expansion stress problems are due to the use of fittings with large stress intensification factors (SIF). In these cases, it may be...

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2.3.5 Simplified Expansion Stress Check

The concept that addition of expansion loops reduces the expansion stress range in a system is recognized by the B31.3 code (and others)....

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2.3.4 Use of Expansion Loops in Piping Design & Stress Analysis

In the event that model refinement is not sufficient to solve the problem (i.e., there is a real problem, and not just one on paper),...

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2.3.3 Refining the Model Through the Use of Restraint Stiffnesses

What if the calculated expansion stress range is too high? How can we reduce it? Consider the initial example, with the pipe fully...

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