Re: Effect of friction.

From: <Ashish>
Date: Fri Jan 16 2004 - 23:42:00 EST

Pankaj,
My experience and discussion with other Structural enginners says...
1. Effect of Friction is considered as a temporary effect. For designing the structure the load combinations are different. One with friction & other is without friction ( Thermal ) This is mainly applicable for directional anchor.

Regards

Ashish
--- Mandal Pankaj SPEL-T1 <Pankaj.Mandal@siemens.com> wrote:
> Dear members,
>
> Please let me know if you consider effect of
> friction as permanent or temporary. Or in other
> words, should structural engineer consider
> frictional forces transmitted from piping (or pipe
> supports) to steel as a permanent force in their
> design.
>
> I know there are many arguments against or in favour
> of above but I would like to know what is used in
> the industry. Hope this is not a proprietary
> information.
>
> Regards,
> Pankaj Mandal.
>

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