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01 Hanger Sizing in CAESAR II PDF
01 Hanger Sizing in CAESAR II PDF
David Diehl
CAESAR II
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Variable Supports
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Selection Procedure –
1: Collect Data
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Selection Procedure –
1: How the Data is Collected
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Selection Procedure –
2: Find the Right Hanger
Selection Procedure –
3: Check Load Variation
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Selection Procedure –
4: Identify the Hanger
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Post Selection –
5: Include Selection in the Model
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Data Folder –
Configuration Settings (1/3)
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Data Folder –
Configuration Settings (2/3)
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Data Folder –
Configuration Settings (3/3)
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Data Folder –
Configuration Settings (3/3)
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Data Folder –
Configuration Settings (3/3)
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Number of Hanger
Design Operating
Load Cases
Multiple Load Case
Design Options
Calculate Actual
Cold Loads
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For example:
Operating Case 1 (LC1) Operating Case 2 (LC2)
Design
for LC1
Design
for LC2
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Hanger Table
Select one of the 33 manufacturer’s data sets
Check boxes (more later)
Extended Range – go beyond the “recommended”
range
Cold Load – size spring to balance the cold load;
useful in aligning equipment
Hot Load Centered – try to select a ”better” spring
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Piping Input –
Hanger Data
Locating a hanger
Selecting a hanger
Specifying a hanger
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Piping Input –
Node Data (1/3)
Node / CNode
Node: You define where the support should be
located.
CNode: Think of the CNode as the other end of the
hanger (which may have vertical growth to be
included in the selection).
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Piping Input –
Design Data (2/3)
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Piping Input –
Design Data (2/3)
Hanger Table
CAESAR II provides 33 hanger manufacturer catalogues
All have 3 spring sizes (e.g. short, mid & long range)
Some have a fourth (extra long) size
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Piping Input –
Design Data (2/3)
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Piping Input –
Design Data (2/3)
Available Space
Specifies the amount of room above or below the pipe where
you can install the hanger or can. If the value is negative,
then CAESAR II assumes that a can is to be installed.
CAESAR II will select the spring only if its basic hanger/can
length is below the entered value.
No space provided for hardware.
CAESAR II
CAESAR II CAESAR II true
value for value for
hangers cans
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Piping Input –
Design Data (2/3)
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Piping Input –
Design Data (2/3)
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Design Data (2/3)
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Piping Input –
Design Data (2/3)
Piping Input –
Predefined Hanger Data (3/3)
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Piping Input –
Predefined Hanger Data (3/3)
Hanger Display
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Required Analyses
for Hanger Sizing
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Note
“StressType”
Output Status
General results for Load Cases with Stress Type of
HGR are suppressed
As these results do not include the selected hangers,
it is unwise to activate their display (i.e. “Keep”)
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Error Check:
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Hanger Table:
Hanger Table
with Text:
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Output (1/3)
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Output (1/3)
8. Check horizontal
displacement for rod
swing
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Output (3/3)
9. Spring size
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Spring:
Anvil Fig. 82
Size 6
Hot Load=390
k=168 Hanger
load
Pump load
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Spring:
Anvil Fig. 82
Size 7
Hot Load=558
k=224 Hanger
load
Pump load
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Specified
HGR Load
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Zero Load
Review hanger
locations when
CAESAR II notes
that hangers are
not carrying
weight.
During Solution
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Zero Load
Review hanger
locations when
CAESAR II notes
that hangers are
not carrying
weight.
In the Solver
In the Hanger
Table
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Zero Load
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Hot Load
within 10%
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548
653
574
10% 653
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Two springs
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Default
selection
Include spring
stiffness in
initial
operating
analysis
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Different Springs!
Different Travels
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Questions? Comments?
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Thank You
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