I have a question about calculated load on individual restraints on vertical line.

* Figure:
There are 2 anchors in vertical line. One is placed at the bottom of line and the other one is at the top of it. In the middle of pipe, expansion joint is applied.


* My thought is..
1. Calculated load on the bottom anchor should be bigger than top one(anchor).
Bottom and top anchor has different elevation: they have different height. That’s why I think they should have different load calculated by different height.
I tried to figure out this with fluid density and without it. Howerever, i have got same result: each loads are shared same on bottom and top anchor.

2. What I found is CAESAR II just calculate load on restraint and apply same load to each restraint without height concern in case of vertical line. Am I right?


Thank you for your answer in advance.