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STATIC ANALYSIS
By Piya Kittitanesuan
Piping Engineer
Penspen Limited (Thailand)

(update 23 January 2007)

2.1 (LINEARIZATION EQUATION)
Linear
Y=2X+1

(1)

non-linear
Y=2X2 +1

(2)

X = 1 , Y 3
X = -1 1 Y = -1 2 Y 3
CAESAR II
pipe support
1 2 X Y
CAESAR II

2.2 Support CAESAR II

CAESAR II support Restraint
Restraint Type

Abbreviation

Anchor

ANC

Translational Double Acting

X, Y, or Z

Rotational Double Acting

RX, RY, or RZ

Guide, Double Acting

GUIDE

Double Acting Limit Stop

LIM

Translational Double Acting Snubber

XSNB, YSNB, ZSNB

Translational Directional

+X, -X, +Y, -Y, +Z, -Z

Rotational Directional

+RX, -RX, +RY, etc.

Directional Limit Stop

+LIM, -LIM

Restraint Type

Abbreviation

Large Rotation Rod

XROD, YROD, ZROD

Translational Double Acting Bilinear

X2, Y2, Z2

Rotational Double Acting Bilinear

RX2, RY2, RZ2

Translational Directional Bilinear

-X2, +X2, -Y2, etc.

Rotational Directional Bilinear

+RX2, -RX2, +RY2, etc.

Bottom Out Spring

XSPR, YSPR, ZSPR

Directional Snubber

+XSNB, -XSNB, +YSNB, etc.

2.3 Linear Restraint Non-linear restraint

- Non-Linear Restraint restraint
- friction
- Support (Translation Directional) +Y
, +X , +Z, -Y
- guide gap
CAESAR II non-linear equation

run
non-linear CAESAR II run
non-linear equation
guide gap support
+Y Y (Translational Double Acting)
- Linear Restraint restraint Y , friction ,
gap linear
non-linear CAESAR II

support support
+Y

non-linear support
linear restraint Y
1 pipe rack
pipe rack restraint CAESAR II
Restraint +Y run CAESAR II run
Restraint Y

support nozzle equipment

1 piping stress analysis

2 restraint node 60 non-linear restraint

 3 restraint support node 60 linear restraint

4 support node 60 non-linear restraint

 5 support node 60 linear restraint

4 5
support linear

pipe support Lift Off
6 7 support type node 740

 6 node 740 Support +Y (Non-Linear Restraint)

6 support node 740 +Y
7

7 run result node 740 +Y (Non-Linear Restraint)

 8 node 740 Support Y (Linear Restraint)

8 support node 740 support
double acting Y 9

9 run result node 740 Y (Linear Restraint)

 support 740
nozzle node number 3001 10 11

10 nozzle node 3001 support node 740 +Y

11 nozzle node 3001 support node 740 Y

10 11
support node 740 double acting nozzle load
case 4(OPE) case 5(OPE) nozzle
support

2.4 Static Analysis