The best way to get your data is to use the <em>
"local force report"</em> and acquire the forces and moments from the pipe element that ends at your nozzle. (Remember to flip the sign on the forces and moments, since the
CAESAR II report shows forces
"on" the element, while you want forces
"on" the nozzle.)
{Note, in
CAESAR II, reports using captial abbreviations (such as
FX and
MY) deal with the "global coordinate" system. Reports using lower case abbreviations (such as
fx and
my) deal with the element's "local coordinate" system.}
To determine which loads are which, you can refer to the <em>Mechanical Engineering News</em> article from the December 1992 issue, which begins on page 3. If you don't have a copy of this newletter, this article can be found at:
http://www.coade.com/newsletters/dec92.pdf .
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Regards,
Richard Ay (COADE, Inc.)
[This message has been edited by rich_ay (edited June 06, 2000).]
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