Posted by: Gimini55
Nozzle Stiffness - 10/11/05 12:21 PM
Hi all,
Modeling a piping system up to a flanged-nozzle requires us to plug-in stiffness including rotational and I have in the past posted this subject which had led me as well to study FEA despite there are FE Pipe-Nozzle Pro (we have but I can't use myself). Since the pipe is flanged-connected to a nozzle via a number of bolts, am I not really dealing with the stiffness of the bolt rather than the stiffness of the nozzle?. Or, the bolts are always designed to be much more stiffer than the nozzle? Thanks.
Modeling a piping system up to a flanged-nozzle requires us to plug-in stiffness including rotational and I have in the past posted this subject which had led me as well to study FEA despite there are FE Pipe-Nozzle Pro (we have but I can't use myself). Since the pipe is flanged-connected to a nozzle via a number of bolts, am I not really dealing with the stiffness of the bolt rather than the stiffness of the nozzle?. Or, the bolts are always designed to be much more stiffer than the nozzle? Thanks.