My pipe stress guys always gives the piping loads based on pipping load combinations instead of basic loads. I've asked for basic loads but they've refused to do it. So I've just ran with what I've got and used the largest and smallest (uplift) loads. I was wondering if this is a normal thing to...
My pipe rack in STAAD is generating too much loads on the piles. So instead of doing a fix support I want to do a FIX BUT support with spring constants. How do I determine the spring constant for my support? I know the pile tolerances and some soils information.
Hopefully I'm being clear enough. I am trying to make an elevation view viewport of just the front of a platform but there are items in the far back that I do not want shown. I do not want to do a viewbase because I can't freeze some layers and I don't want to send objects to another layer to...
I am analyzing an existing warehouse to replace the cladding on it annnnnnnd it's failing. Specifically the lean to portion. I applied the wind load on the lean to as if it is a monoslope roof per ASCE 7-10 MWFRS. I am wondering if this is correct. I have read in this forum...
