Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 3, 20201 minPiping Stress Analysis3.5.2 Non-linear EffectsA restraint is said to be non-linear if its response is not constant throughout its entire load range. Examples of non-linear effects are...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 2, 20201 minPiping Stress Analysis3.5.1.7 Sway BraceA sway brace (shown in Figure 3-102) is a specific type of engineered hardware, which appears to be a variable spring attached to a sway...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 1, 20201 minPiping Stress Analysis3.5.1.6 SnubberA snubber is a type of engineered hardware which, due to its internal mechanisms, offers no resistance to slowly applied (i.e., static,...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 31, 20201 minPiping Stress Analysis3.5.1.5 SupportSupports are those restraints which rigidly resist only the downward movement of the pipe, with the point of attachment below the pipe,...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Aug 30, 20201 minPiping Stress Analysis3.5.1.4 HangerThe most common type of restraint is that which rigidly resists weight; in other words it only acts against the downward movement of the...