Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 6, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.2.3 GapsGap restraints are those restraints which do not touch the pipe upon installation (and therefore are not active), but are close enough to...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 4, 20202 min readPiping Stress Analysis3.5.2.1 FrictionFriction may be present whenever the pipe can move, and in the process of moving, rub against a restraint. As noted earlier, the maximum...
Meena Rezkallah, P.Eng.Sep 3, 20201 min readPiping 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 min readPiping 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 min readPiping 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,...