I am modelling a pump discharge line that leaves the pump nozzle horizontally with a bend about 2 feet away and then has another horizontal run before going up into a pipe rack.
I have had difficulty reducing pump nozzle moments to acceptable levels but am able to get Caesar to produce acceptable moments by installing an anchored vertical dummy leg off this first bend. Putting an anchor so close to the pump is foreign to me, but if the results are below pump allowable levels do you see any problems?