THERE ARE A BOOK INTRODUCTION TO PIPE STRESS ANALYSIS ( SAM
KANNAPPAN) ON CHAPTER 5 EXPANSION LOOPS AND EXPANSION JOINTS THERE
ARE INFORMATION ON DIMENTIONS, NOMOGRAMS ETC. ON EXPANSION LOOPS
- In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Roble" <mroble@...>
wrote:
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> I'm still relatively new, but I had to deal with some pretty extreme
> expansion loops on a previous job.
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> Q1: I don't think you accurately CAN design a loop without having a
> temperature, at least not without just taking an extreme temp and
going off
> that.
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> Q2: Well, looking at this matrix and using 160 degrees as an
example, it's
> saying that the expansion of steel pipe is 1.224 inches. I believe
it
> doesn't matter where you put them and how far apart, just as long
as you
> take into consideration the 1.224 per 100 feet. It purely depends
on your
> environment in which you are piping and client requirements I'm
guessing.
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> Michael Roble
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> Piping Department
>
> Continental Design & Management Group
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> Pittsburgh, PA
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> From: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=AbHX-ryQxcL4NK_j3QdQ-R4t0fb0FSEY45AISKwCuz9i2RVpvuFZBHDkxOWV5-EJq4soAvvbMaUfnTVJwPSXxh2ESkQ">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a>
[mailto:PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Tanvir Ibrahim Mulla
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:51 AM
> To: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=AbHX-ryQxcL4NK_j3QdQ-R4t0fb0FSEY45AISKwCuz9i2RVpvuFZBHDkxOWV5-EJq4soAvvbMaUfnTVJwPSXxh2ESkQ">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a>
> Subject: [PipingDesign] Loop
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>
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> Q1. What thumb rule says after how many distance/length we should
provide a
> loop.(unknowingly temp.)
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> Q2. If we know the temp. of line then after what distance loop
should be
> provided. I mean to say a loop should be design to bear max. how
much
> expansion
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Received on Tue Jul 03 12:49:00 2007