Re: Pig Forces to be considered while performing buried Pipeline Stress Analysis

From: <Christopher>
Date: Sat Apr 16 2005 - 13:28:00 EDT

On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:48 AM, jenni_fer2004 wrote:

> I wanted to know whether the forces which can be generated on the
> elbows due to the pig moving with some velocity to be considered
> while performing buried Pipeline analysis?

Think about it a little. Compare the pig forces with the usual service loads like momentum loads in fluid lines or the weight and thermal loading you get all the time.

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<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/</a> Received on Sat Apr 16 13:28:00 2005