DEARS,

It is understood that designers use some precalculated span/guide charts for planning the location of pipe supports in model. But, whether it is economical to check the results of stress analysis with the same span chart ? If maximum sag limitation & codal sustained,occasional & expansion stress conformances are met through careful piping stress analysis, even with lesser number of supports & guides than provided before starting stress analysis, is it good or bad to the end user?

regards,

sambhu