When doing analysis i usually consider
Sustained + stress Report
+ Restrain summary
+ Displacement
Operating + Restraint summary
+ Displacement
Expansion + Stress
+ Restraint summary
+ Displacement
In steam piping analysis always both temperature and pressure will be considered, so our analysis purpose whether i can consider the Expansion condition or not, bcoz in one of my main steam analysis resultant load & moment at the end of the nozzel is exceding thant the allowable value in the expansion condition only. kindly clarify whether i can consider expansion for my analysis, bcoz expansion condition depends only on temperature.
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Arun Kumar