Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 29, 20201 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.1.3 Spring Hanger in CAESAR IISpring hangers may be variable or constant spring hangers. Springs are engineered hardware, which permit movement of the pipe (by...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 28, 20203 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.1.2 Restraint in CAESAR IIThe term restraint, although technically applicable to any of these boundary conditions of the piping system, colloquially is confined to...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 26, 20201 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.1.1 Anchor in CAESAR IIAn anchor is a restraint which fully restrains the pipe; i.e., in all degrees of freedom — three translations and three rotations. An...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 26, 20201 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.1 Restraint Types in CAESAR IITypically encountered support/restraint types (the names used here are approximate since terminology varies in the industry) are...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 26, 20201 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5 Restraint Modeling in CAESAR IIOne of the most important parts of any finite element analysis, be it piping, structural, plate or volumetric, is the accurate...