Nozzle Loads, Piping Stresses, and the Effect of Piping on Equipment
Nozzle Loads, Piping Stresses, and the Effect of Piping on Equipment
Nozzle Loads, Piping Stresses, and the Effect of Piping on Equipment
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Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />
• As Mechanical <strong>Equipment</strong> Engineers, we<br />
need to underst<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> how our equipment<br />
interacts with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r aspects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
plant, especially piping.<br />
• All API equipment codes have formulas or<br />
tables for “Allowable <str<strong>on</strong>g>Nozzle</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Loads</str<strong>on</strong>g>” – but<br />
what do <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y really mean?<br />
• Lets go back to our university statics<br />
course for a moment…<br />
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