Hi
I don't come on this website very often so sorry for the slow reply.
As I understand it, yes. And the applied moment comes from piping on either sides of the supports (not shown in the picture).
As to choosing case 1 or 2. The information contained in this is better taken from your company...
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I'm just looking through the Kellogg book. The difference between the first 3 cases is that different end conditions are being represented. Case 3 is a fully pinned end while case 1 and 2 are pinned ends with slight moments acting against the deflection of the span at each end of the...
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I'm looking for the experiences of anyone who has used an "expert system" in piping support design and stress analysis. Software such as HANGIT (associated with ADLPIPE) or PSO/ Pipe Support Optimiser (associated with ASGLOBAL) were written in the early 1990s during a period of...
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I have been asked to perform FEA on trunnions on elbows and develop flexibility factors for incorporating into CAESAR calculations.
I know that the available literature focuses more on SIFs than flexibility, as that is generally of more importance. However, in my particular analyses...
