Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 23, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.6.3.1 Modeling Soil RestraintThe following basic outline can be used for modeling buried pipe: 1. At least 200-300 feet of the buried pipe should be included in order...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 23, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.6.3 Underground PipeAnalyzing an underground piping system presents circumstances quite different from those encountered when analyzing plant piping. The...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 21, 20205 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.6.2 Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic PipeThe characteristic of wrapped fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) pipe which distinguishes it from other piping materials is that it is...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 20, 20206 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.6.1 Consideration of Cold SpringCold spring is the process of offsetting (or pre-loading) the piping system with displacement loads (usually accomplished by cutting...
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...