Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 18, 20203 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.4 Use of CNODES When Modeling RestraintsAs discussed elsewhere in these seminar notes, CNODES (short for connecting nodes) are used with a restraint whenever a point in the...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 17, 20204 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.3.1 Use of the Structural Steel ModelerElements of structural steel members may be incorporated into the model of the piping system through the use of the structural steel...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 15, 20204 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.3 Evaluation of Restraint StiffnessIn Section 2.3.3 of these seminar notes the significant effect that restraint stiffnesses may have on the piping system was described....
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 7, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.2.4 Large Rotation RestraintsA large rotation restraint is a restraint which rotates away from its original line of action due to a pipe movement in a direction...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 6, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.2.3 GapsGap restraints are those restraints which do not touch the pipe upon installation (and therefore are not active), but are close enough to...