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azam Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 6	Pipeline Project - Stress Analysis 09/14/2012 4:45 AM
	Hi everyone. I just joined this community. I am working on a pipeline project. The pipeline is not buried. I want to perform stress analysis. Can anyone guide me? Moreover, I want to know as far as supports (guides and anchors) are concerned, what is the difference between restrained and unrestrained pipeline. Does restrained pipeline mean only buried pipeline ? Please help me. Its my academic project.
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Joshi Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: India Posts: 1246 Good Answers: 34	#1 Re: Pipeline project 09/14/2012 5:31 AM
	Welcome to CR4. Members here discourage homework questions. Please make efforts to gain answers to your questions. Google is your best friend. In spite of all that, in case you are still in difficulties, come back. Good luck!
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CaptMoosie Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Red Hook, New York (Mid-Hudson River Valley) Posts: 4362 Good Answers: 179	#2 Re: Pipeline Project - Stress Analysis 09/14/2012 9:19 AM
	Me thinks that azam needs to revisit his university courses first......a thorough grasp on basic civil engineering principles + hydraulics and structural engineering are in order. __________________ "Veni, Vidi, Vici"; hendiatris attributed to Gaius Julius Caesar, 47 B.C.
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MJCronin Power-User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Midwest Posts: 455 Good Answers: 38	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Pipeline Project - Stress Analysis 09/14/2012 9:26 AM
	Suggest that you borrow "The Piping Handbook" and read the chapters on piping flexibility and stress analysis. Look at the references at the end of the chapter. Then, visit the website www.coade.com and review the software available. __________________ We have met the enemy....and he is us. POGO
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ronseto Guru Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancleave, Ms about 30 miles inland from Biloxi and the coast Posts: 3197 Good Answers: 106	#4 Re: Pipeline Project - Stress Analysis 09/14/2012 10:38 AM
	Academically speaking, I wouldn't want you working on my pipeline. The school is where you learn such matters. __________________ Mr.Ron from South Ms.
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CaptMoosie Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Red Hook, New York (Mid-Hudson River Valley) Posts: 4362 Good Answers: 179	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Pipeline Project - Stress Analysis 09/14/2012 12:11 PM
	ABSOLUTELY!!!! __________________ "Veni, Vidi, Vici"; hendiatris attributed to Gaius Julius Caesar, 47 B.C.
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Wal Guru Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phnom Penh Posts: 4019 Good Answers: 102	#6 In reply to #4 Re: Pipeline Project - Stress Analysis 09/14/2012 10:45 PM
	To be fair to the OP, he did say that this was an academic problem. Needs some study guidance is all and he will learn... then comes the mentoring on the job. A few dozen supervised (hopefully damage controlled) blunders and then he can be let loose. __________________ Difficulty is not an obstacle it is merely an attribute.
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durtieduck Guru Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 668 Good Answers: 3	#7 Re: Pipeline Project - Stress Analysis 09/17/2012 1:35 AM
	long lentghs of pipe will expand and contact with temperature changes. an above ground pipe can expand and contract by the pipe's ability to freely move. there are exceptions. pumping hot liquids e-g. an underground pipe will have different expantion rates depending on the depth they're buried and temperature changes throughout the year. buried pipe can't compensate for expantion without an expantion joint of some type. i've seen many types of pipe expansion joints. find on that best suited for your needs. restrained pipe lines are exactly that. RESTRAINED. look the word up in the dictionary, or ask the freaky girl living down the street who'll never let you touch her. go back to school.
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