Re: Pump Nozzle loads

forget about the sofyware, an incompetent designer probably do not even realize what a computer looks like.

• In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, Richard Beale <r_beale@...> wrote:
  >
  > What piping software do the incompetent piping designers operate?
  >
  > Richard Beale
  > EnCana Oil and Gas Partnership
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: tomcruz55
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  > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:15 AM
  > Subject: [PipingDesign] Re: Pump Nozzle loads
  >
  >
  > --- In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, "Saha, Tanmoy" <TSaha@>
  > wrote:
  > >
  > But sometimes or most of the times I found people deciding
  > > supporting and stress analyzing are not sufficiently
  experienced.
  >
  > My take. My experience show otherwise. Most if not all of the
  > designers ive work with are competent and show good judgement.
  Im
  > talking about the guys who operate the PDS. The same goes to the
  > engineers repsonsible for ensuring that affected process piping
  are
  > code compliant.
  >
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  >
  > People
  > > do not think that whenever some liquid flows through the pipe
  it
  > hits at
  > > every change in direction creating some forces. To restrain
  that
  > proper
  > > guides and line stops are to be provided otherwise as an
  obvious
  > case
  > > vibration problem will come.
  >
  > My take. Well vibration do not necessarily pop out wnenever a
  > support or line stops are provided or where changes in pipe
  > direction exist. Perhaps other problem, but not vibration. And
  when
  > a process piping do encounter a severe vibration, the location
  where
  > its happening is not always obvious.
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