Re: Snubbers - Pipe Supports

From: <John>
Date: Fri Sep 21 2007 - 21:24:00 EDT


Snubber = $$$$ usually wasted = works like a Seat Belt in a car allows thermal displacements to occur freely in a piping system, but "lock" when the pipe is asked to move suddenly such as in a water hammer or seismic event.

The favorite crutch used by low skill pipe flex analysts who do not have the skill required to use gapped limit or boxed guides.....

Best Regards,
John C. Luf
Cleveland Ohio U.S.A when I'm not in Austria

Member B31.3, Piping Engineer - Stress Analysis, Pipe Supports, Component Design, and Surge Analysis... according to my daughters master of unimportant trivia

             John, care to explain "snubbers"?

Paul

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