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BAB VIII

HANGERS

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8.1 General Information

Input Piping Model Hanger Design Control Data
Zero load constant effort suppor Stiff (Default) : 1.0E12

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8.2 Simple Hanger Design

No additional input Globally (in hanger control)

locally (on each hanger auxiliary data area)

Note that a number of the parameters from the hanger control sheet also show up on the individual hanger auxiliary data fields.
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8.3 Single Can Design

Indicate that the pipe is supported from below by entering a negative number in the Hanger/Can Available Space field on the hanger spreadsheet.

distance between the pipe support and the concrete foundation, or baseplate.
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8.4 Constant Effort Support Design

Constant effort support

Very small allowable travel

0.01 in

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8.5 Inputting Constant Effort Supports (No Design)

Step : 1. Enter the constant effort support load (per hanger) in the Predefined Hanger Data field. 2. Enter the number of constant support hangers at the location.

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8.6 Entering Existing Springs (No Design)

Step :
1. Enter the Spring Rate and the Theoretical Cold Load (installation load, on a per hanger basis) in the Predefined Hanger Data fields. 2. Enter the number of Variable Support Hangers at the location.
Theoretical Cold Load = Hot Load + Travel * Spring Rate
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8.7 Multiple Can Design

Positive number
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8.8 Old Spring Redesign

the hanger table the number of springs at the location the old spring rate

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8.9 Pipe and Hanger Supported From Vessel

Connecting nodes associated with hangers and cans function just like connecting nodes with restraints. Connecting node displacements are incorporated in the hanger design algorithm.

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8.10 Hanger Design with Support Thermal Movement

The hanger at node 9 is supported from a structural steel extension off of a large vertical vessel. The vessel at the point where the hanger is attached grows thermally in the plus Y direction approximately 3.5 in.

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8.11 Hanger Between Two Pipes

Node on the pipe passing overhead

Rigid element

The directive Connect Geometry through CNodes must be turned off in the Configuration Setup to avoid plot and geometry errors.
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8.12 Hanger Design with Anchors in the Vicinity

the anchor at 5 is freed in the Y-direction, the anchor at 105 is freed in all directions.

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8.13 Hanger Design with User-Specified Operating Load

In this configuration, freeing the anchors at 5 and 60 didnt help the thermal case nozzle loads. It was postulated that, due to the stiffness of the overhead branches, the hanger calculated hot load was not sufficient. The calculated hot load was 2376 lb. A new hot load of 4500 lb. is tried here.

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8.14 Spring Can Models with Bottom-Out and Lift-Off Capability

Grinnell, fig.B268, size 10 : theoretical cold load: 1023 lb. spring rate : 260 lb./in. smallest load : 910 lb. largest load : 1690 lb.
Bottom out :
Max.Table Load Installed Load 1690 1023 2.565 in Spring rate 260

Lift-off :
Installed Load Min.Table Load 1023 910 0.4346 in Spring rate 260

Value for the gaps g1 = 0.4346 g2 = 0.4346 + 9.1E-6 g3 = 2.5650

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Example: Input for Lift-off and Bottom-out Spring Can Model (continued)

The gap field in the restraints auxiliary data area rounds off values to 3 decimal places for display only. Internally, CAESAR II stores values to 7 digits for calculations. Therefore the gap corresponding to the -Y restraint in this example was input as 0.4346 + 9.1e-06 and this value will be retained in memory for calculations.
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8.15 Spring Hanger Model With Rods, BottomOut, and Lift-Off

Grinnell, fig.B268, size 10 : theoretical cold load: 101 lb. spring rate : 200 lb./in. smallest load : 600 lb. largest load : 1300 lb. Bottom out :
Max.Table Load Installed Load 1300 1011 1.445 in Spring rate 200

Lift-off :
Installed Load Min.Table Load 1011 60 0 2.055 in Spring rate 260

Value for the gaps g1 = 0.4346 g2 = 0.4346 + 9.1E-6 g3 = 2.5650

Min. Table Load : 600 = 6.0E-6 in

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Example: Bottom-out and Lift-off Spring Hanger Model with Rods

Dummy rigid modeled between nodes 10 and 15. Pipe connected to the rod through a +Y restraint.
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8.16 Simple "Bottomed-Out" Spring

Gap : x (permitted travel)

Mu : F (initial load)

Note that no hanger should be entered at the same position as a bottomed-out spring.

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8.17 Modeling Spring Cans with Friction

A rigid element from the pipe center to the top of the can. Length equals pipe radius + insulation thickness + shoe height + any trunnion height. A Cnode to connect to the spring. Except for the vertical spring stiffness, all other DOFs are rigidly connected. A rigid element representing the spring can height.

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