04. Summation of forces and moments about a Tee in AutoPiPE


Applies To
Product(s):AutoPIPE,
Version(s):2004, XM, & V8i
Environment: N/A
Area: Results
Subarea:
Original Author:Bentley Technical Support Group

Problem:

How to check AutoPIPE results with regards to summation of Forces and moments about a tee piping component.

Answer:

 First, see the following file for details: Summation of forces about a tee in AutoPIPE

 Also see the following example:

AutoPIPE Forces and Moments report displays the pipe internal forces and moments caused by the applied loads. To be able to recreate the loading scenario on the Tee, you would need to apply the forces and moments in the direction opposite to the internal forces and moments displayed in the output report.

 

Considering gravity load case only for the tee point E02:

See Also

Results Post Processing in AutoPIPE

Bentley AutoPIPE

External Links

Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase

Bentley LEARN Server

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