The correct placement of the gasket and proper tightening of bolts in a flanged joint will ensure a leak-free joint. Proper bolt tightening will ensure uniform load distribution in all bolts without...
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What is a Reinforcement PAD? Reinforcing Pad, Reinforcement Pad, RePAD, or RF Pad is a donut-shaped pad that goes around the branch of a branch joint to add strength to the joint. It resembles a...
Spring hangers are an integrated part of the Piping Industry. The use of spring hangers for supporting pipe weights is well-known to every piping engineer. Whenever some rigid supports are not taking...
A Piping Snubber is a Dynamic Restraint that protects the piping system against impulse loading conditions from Seismic or Surge Events. It is basically a mechanical device that allows pipe operating...
Pressure Vessels are one of the most important Static or stationary equipment for any process plant. We can not think about any chemical plants or Refineries or Petrochemical complex which runs...
Pipe Support Friction Coefficient and Frictional Loads on Pipe Supports
Pipe Support friction plays a significant role in pipe stress analysis. All piping stress engineers must be aware that while modeling supports or restraints we have to enter the frictional...