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Spring Load Case

The document outlines the process for conducting restrained weight and operating case analyses in CAESAR II software to determine design loads and hanger deflections. The restrained weight analysis involves applying loads and verifying anchor releases, while the operating case analysis calculates hanger displacements based on these loads. It also addresses how to select appropriate hangers based on calculated load and travel values, and how to manage changes in load distribution due to system conditions.

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Spring Load Case

The document outlines the process for conducting restrained weight and operating case analyses in CAESAR II software to determine design loads and hanger deflections. The restrained weight analysis involves applying loads and verifying anchor releases, while the operating case analysis calculates hanger displacements based on these loads. It also addresses how to select appropriate hangers based on calculated load and travel values, and how to manage changes in load distribution due to system conditions.

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Load Case 1 – Setting the Design Load through the Restrained Weight

Case
You must first run the restrained weight analysis case. This case includes weight, pressure,
and concentrated loads. This is a linear analysis.

For the restrained weight case, the software:

1. Places rigid Y-restraints at each hanger location.


2. Determines any anchors you want to designate as freed.
3. Verifies the freed anchors are properly released.

The software calculates hanger hot design loads from the loads on the hanger Y-restraints.

When using the Maximum Load design option, the software first calculates the
restrained weight case for each thermal operating case.

Load Case 2 – Setting Hanger Deflection through the Operating Case


After the restrained weight case, CAESAR II runs an operating analysis. If there are multiple
operating conditions, the software recommends the load cases it thinks you should run. This
is a linear or a nonlinear analysis, as discussed below.

To find the hanger displacement, the software runs a linear analysis:

1. Removes the Y-restraints at any anchors.


2. Uses the calculated load from the restrained weight analysis and applies it as an
upward force at each hanger location.
3. Calculates the expected travel and additional load on the hanger.

The vertical displacement of the operating case at a hanger location defines the
travel of the hanger.

4. Selects a hanger from the catalog meeting the calculated load and travel values.
If the analysis results in single directional restraints or gaps in the system and a changed
status in the operating case, then the software redistributes the hanger loads. For example, as
the temperature of a pipe increases, the pipe may lift from a single-direction restraint, such as
the support shown in the following graphic. When this occurs, the hanger sees additional
load.

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