Hi,
Can I please have advice on what is the proper way to model the pipe shoe below and to determine the load on the support?
The pipe shoe will be used as guide/rest and line stop. So, the loads acting on are quite critical to determine the support is acceptable.
At the moment this is what I've done:
1. Added "rigid option" between point- with thermal expansion ticked.
For Guides:
For Clamp/Line Stop::
However, when I do that, the loads on line stop and guides seems to be unrealistic due to there are two line stop and guides acting on side by side.
Any advice on the right way of doing these? Thanks.
Greetings,
At this time, you are not modeling in the structure steel. Therefore, your current approach appears to somewhat valid:
Regards, Mike Dattilio Design Analysis Engineering Group Senior Analyst Bentley Systems Inc=============================================================================
Answer Verified By: Teck Wong
Thanks.
The attached below is what I'm trying to achieve and to check the pipe shoe is within the manufacturer allowable load limit.
For Pipe Shoe as Guide:
For Pipe Shoe as Clamp/Stop, I will weld the pipe shoe to the support.
Hope these makes more sense on what I am trying to achieve. Thanks.