That's a great idea, our client however does not like that approach.

I'm now evaluating the stiffness values for this boiler nozzle. I'm getting 900 kips/in along the long axis, 200 kips/in in the short.

The vertical and 3 moments however are more difficult.

How would one put the thermal displacements into the model at the boiler nozzle, where there is an anchor?

Louie