Comments, Questions, and Answers about Static Earthquake Load Case In AutoPIPE

Item #1: Can the seismic input be explained again in the new version of AutoPIPE V8i 09.06.xx.xx and higher?

Item #2: Comments about Seismic / Earthquake loads

Item #3: What is the recommended Seismic support spacing?

Item #4: Which of 3 different piping code seismic "G factors" should be applied?

Item #5: Distributed load assigned to GR does appear to be applied to the Static Seismic results

Item #6: Are seismic force applied on structural elements as well as pipe?

Item #7: Is it not conservative approach to apply static seismic force on structure?

Item #8: What values of Rp can be input when using static seismic ASCE-7 2010 code?

See Also

Bentley AutoPIPE