Pipe Rack Query

What would be your choice and why.

We can do the rest if you have done your part!

Depends on the strength required.

I'm rather a fan of strutting. Distributed load and all that.

You'll need to do some analysis to make an informed decision.

Size of pipes?

Distance into river for intake? Hose?

Depth of river?

sand? Mud? Rock?

span between pilings?

intake house. not hose..

Shelley, what color are these racks to be?

Silly boy! She's got that part.

the same color as the pipe would be my guess.

There again I am about to pass out from all the online excitement today.

It is difficult to give any advice when zero cogent information is given.

If you can't define the pump house and its function in words, you will never succeed as a designer.

At this point you are heading for a D- grade.

Nearly every person who comes to this forum with a question, you have to kick in the teeth. WTF, Lyn!?

Lyn, just like me - if you have a question, make sure you give enough information so that an answer can be formulated and given intelligently. It's the same as a computer, garbage in garage out and, if you don't have enough information given to start with, there will be no answer.

"garbage in garage out"

Please tell me more about that!, I could use another garage...

And to Shelley: Welcome to CR4!. If it is to abstract water, then everything is theoretical. I presume you meant extract...

Even spell check wouldn't catch that one.

No, Shelley wants to abstract water. Heck I guess land is doled out by title abstract, even by patent. Who knew you could get a patent on land (at least in the Commonwealth of Virginia).

I suppose an abstract of water is similar to a land abstract in that it lays out the details of where, what the boundaries are, how much, and for what purpose the resource is being acquired.

I also want to know more about this garbage in and garage out phenomenon.

I would rather have garbage in, and hot De Lorean out. but that is just me.

Depends on if you are running the pipes above ground or beneath, weight of the pipe, size and strength, what your budget is, and many other factors....In any case the pipe should be properly supported according to code....

http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5744E/x5744e0h.htm

By abstracting water, do you mean real or imaginary water?

There are two distinct color codes for that.

If you are merely drawing water from the river, you could use crayons.

http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/wise-help-centre/glossary-definitions/groundwater-abstraction

The same as extraction....

It appears to be like some engineers communicate in an overtly abstract way. Not entirely clear what is taking place, LOL.

I knew what the writer meant, I just thought the sentence was a bit obtuse in the way it was presented. (Grammar Nazi over and out.)

'strutted or unstrutted design' What is this type of design? Never heard of it. Maybe clarification on this or is this a colloquial term.

That is where the engineer completes the design, and either paces about the office in a non-strutting way, or is overtly strutting about the office while abstracting about his water abstraction.

You guys are too surreal for me. I trust this a green energy build?

OH. If "green" energy, then paint it all in "evergreen", and be done with it.

A prayer for the op.. Gone but not forgotten..

abstraction of water is a term for taking water from the environment.

Thank you. I was not aware of that use of the word (definition #5 in my electronic dictionary).

My apologies to Shelley!

Hi all and thanks for all the input. As I said before, I am a draughting student, so I'm not studying engineering or design. The river intake is in a protected "winged" area and the pipe racks are spaced at 6000mm apart. I believe for the amount of water needed, I only need to use 60mm pipes. The pipes carry the water to my pump house, which has a first floor water treatement room (3000x3000x3000) and a 15000lt reservoir sits above it (as per my brief). The water then supplies five hypothetical bush bungalows.... (game viewing park). Anyway, thanks for all suggestions and tips. Back to the drawing board...