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My question was regarding trunnions and the EN-13480-3 standard, and if there are some guiding documents on calculations for someone getting started in that area (someone like myself) could use. And believe it or not, that isn't something that will pop up immediately when searching the forum for...

Thank you, I guess you're referring to chapter 11.4 for circular hollow welded attachments. I guess I was too fixed on finding the keyword 'Trunnion'. It seems to me that this gives a way to check if your ratios are within the allowables. Would you get the acting loads from Kellogg's then and...

Hello A department of the company I'm working in wants to develop a pipe support standard for the EN-13480-3 standard. The question was asked how to calculate trunnion supports according to this. I can't find anything specific about this. Does anyone have any experience with this and could...

drawoh I think there are probably better languages for calculations. For mechanical engineers I think Python is good for simulations and machine learning if you’re into that. I just find that I don’t need to spent any thoughts on the code itself as when writing Python.

Interesting to hear all the different uses. I was hoping to hear more uses for Python as that’s what I prefer, but as many have pointed out that can’t really be shared easily.

Hey I recently posted this in the structural forum, but seeing as my education is in mechanical engineering I’m curious about the answers from this forum as well. How do you use programming in your daily work, or what types of challenges do you solve with programming? And what type of...

Thank you for the in depth posts, gave me some insights. What I enjoy most is when I code something I can share with coworkers to remove some of their repetitive and tedious tasks.

Hey The last year I've been doing a lot of hobby programming, as I really enjoy solving problems by writing code. My wish is to implement some programming in my daily work as an engineer. To get some perspective and inspiration I wanted to ask here what type of challenges you use programming to...

Well, it's an ANL file which I now see that I can actually read as a text file if I want to. Thanks!

Hey Is there an easy way to save the Staad output file as a txt file? Not with any external file conversion program, but from within Staad itself.

I wish and hoped to do that, but unfortunately the client have some requirements that prevent us from using other materials than 316L or lean duplex.

I've considered the heat loss aspect, and that could be an important factor in switching to shoes with insulation barriers between the clamps and pipe. When you say personal safety, are you referring to the surface temperature of the supports?

I've looked into using hot insulated supports, but they seem to be too weak for my load cases. What exactly is the downside of using welded shoes at this temperature? I thought the weld might be the weak link, but that as long as you followed B31.3 you'd be okay. I might be wrong here though.

Yes, seems to be about a 10% drop in elastin modulus at my temperature case. Thanks!

Thanks, I’ll look into EC 1-2

Hey I'm not a structural engineer, so excuse my ignorance on the topic. We have some pipe support shoes that are to be attached to pipes that are 300 degrees Celsius. We had a material engineer who said it was okay to use 316L Stainless steel at these temperatures, but the person doing the...

Thank you, let me just check if I understand correctly. The procedure is first to calculate the bearing resistance both for x and y directions take the minimum of these two. And then lastly to check the resultant shear force against it. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Hey I'm making a program for checking bolted endplates subjected to axial forces, shear forces, torsion and bending moments according to Eurocode 3. However I'm a bit stuck on finding the bearing resistance. I've added a picture to make it easier to follow my explanation. Seeing as its's...

Not quite sure what you mean by your last question, but if the HSS is a small profile compared to the plate height and width this could be critical?

Yes, it's the same. It's important in the sense that we want the program/GUI to show all relevant reserve factors for the connection. To me it seems like number 6 is the case that fits our scenario.