Thanks for the responses. LittleInch you are right, with no knowledge of the off-skid piping I need to provide allowables. I agree with 1503-44 that if I anchored the tie points and then applied some forces/moments to that same node, it would not affect the piping aside from the reaction at that...
@RVAmeche You are right I have gone on to ramble about this system hoping everyone else has spent the hours I have. Here is two snips of the CAESAR II skid model.
The first pic shows the full skid with the temps in each line and restraints are hidden:
The second pic is a close-up of the...
Hi all, this is my first post on here. I am doing stress analysis on a piping skid we designed containing various 6"-.75" pipes ranging from ambient (70F) up to 400F as a design temp. I've got the skid piping all modeled up in CAESAR II with the appropriate conditions aside from the boundaries...