Hi Ranka,

Your example of cooling water pumps shows that the weight or thermal cases don't always result in the largest loads on a pump. Soft soil condition and big tank size can combine for settlement greater than 50 mm. Just another item to keep in mind. I like the vertical submerged pumps more more than horizontal pumps on cooling tower sump applications partly for that reason. Maybe if the foundations were tied together the differential settlement could be zero...

Good to hear that piping stress is in good hands for RSA. The IOF steam piping model has provided addition benefit in the beta testing of ver 5.0 , uncovering incomplete items in 5.0 report outputs.