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#anchors
2 topics across all disciplines.
Expansion joints and bellows — pressure thrust and why they are the last resort
What a bellows can and cannot absorb, the pressure thrust that dwarfs the thermal force it was fitted to relieve, tied and hinged and gimbal arrangements, guide spacing, cycle life, and the installation errors that kill them early.
Anchors, guides and restraint schemes — deciding where the pipe may move
A restraint scheme is one decision for a whole run, not a scatter of supports. Where an anchor belongs, what it actually carries once friction is counted, line stops against full anchors, the gap that is the design, and the accidental anchors that site creates.