Colleagues,

I have a piece of equipment being supported by 2 spring cans.

By casual inspection, that piece of equipment is also being supported by a straight pipe spool that connects this piece of equipment to a second piece of equipment. However, the installers are promising to install this line such that the two nozzles only see the weight of the piping spool.

I'm then tasked with sizing the spring supports such that thermal expansions and the like do not cause nozzle issues. (I have a half dozen other nozzles I need to qualify, as well.)

Question 1: Which settings must be set in order to ensure the nozzle loads are (very nearly) 0 in the installed condition? Thinking out loud - would it be correct to state that creating an "operating" case of WNC and ask CAESAR to design "free restraint" at the nozzle node?

Question 2: Can CAESAR automatically size the spring cans for this kind of set-up?

Thanks.