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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
distance between
the pipe support and the
concrete foundation, or
baseplate.
Indicate that the pipe is supported from
below by entering a negative number in the
Hanger/Can Available Space field on the
hanger spreadsheet.
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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)
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.
Step :
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8.6 Entering Existing Springs (No Design)
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.
Step :
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
The directive Connect Geometry through CNodes must be turned off
in the
Configuration Setup to avoid plot and geometry errors.
Node on the pipe
passing overhead
Rigid element
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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 :
in 4346 . 0
260
10 9 1023
rate Spring
Load Min.Table Load Installed

Lift-off :
in 565 . 2
260
1023 1690
rate Spring
Load Installed Load Table . Max

Value for the gaps

g1 = 0.4346
g2 = 0.4346 + 9.1E-6
g3 = 2.5650
Min. Table Load : 910 = 9.1E-6 in
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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, Bottom-
Out, 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 :
in 055 . 2
260
0 60 1011
rate Spring
Load Min.Table Load Installed

Lift-off :
in 445 . 1
200
1011 1300
rate Spring
Load Installed Load Table . Max

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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Dummy rigid modeled between nodes 10 and
15. Pipe connected to the rod through a +Y
restraint.
Example: Bottom-out and Lift-off Spring
Hanger Model with Rods
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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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