Re: Loop

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:
  >
  > 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
  >
  > Piping Department
  >
  > Continental Design & Management Group
  >
  > Pittsburgh, PA
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  > From: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
  [mailto:PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com] On
  > Behalf Of Tanvir Ibrahim Mulla
  > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:51 AM
  > To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
  > Subject: [PipingDesign] Loop
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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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