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Catwalk Allowable Deflection

Thread starter dcoppo
Start date Dec 17, 2010

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Dec 17, 2010

dcoppo

Marine/Ocean

I need a definitive answer (non civil plaster/dirt engineering) to which applicable codes to use for catwalk allowable deflection for refinery operations. I have reviewed ABS, DNV and other guidelines and recall somewhere seeing L/300. I am strictly interested in steel catwalks only.