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Pipe Rack Design Analysis and Solutions

The document discusses the redesign of a pipe rack, focusing on the analysis of a lower-level beam under different support conditions. It presents hand calculations and Staad output reports that indicate lateral torsional buckling as a critical issue, with stress ratios exceeding safety limits. Proposed solutions include increasing flange thickness, adding bracing, and modifying the Staad modification factor for non-uniform moment diagrams.

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Pipe Rack Design Analysis and Solutions

The document discusses the redesign of a pipe rack, focusing on the analysis of a lower-level beam under different support conditions. It presents hand calculations and Staad output reports that indicate lateral torsional buckling as a critical issue, with stress ratios exceeding safety limits. Proposed solutions include increasing flange thickness, adding bracing, and modifying the Staad modification factor for non-uniform moment diagrams.

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PREDESIGN OF PIPE RACK.

Sergio Rodríguez Morales

 Assuming pinned support at foundation:


If the beam at lower level is analyzed in detail according to Staad output:

If the result are compared with hand calculations it is clearly stated that designing clause is
lateral torsional buckling.

Hand calculation:

Stress Ratio = 1402 / 470 = 2.98 >>>> 1

Staad Output Report

Stress Ratio = 2.91 >>> 1


 Assuming fixed support at foundation level.
Once again the beam located at lower level is analyzed, and critical condition is Lateral
Torsional Buckling:

Hand calculation:

Stress Ratio = 856 / 470 = 1.82 >>>> 1

Staad Output Report

Stress Ratio = 1.78 >>> 1


It is necessary to improve the capacity of the beam adding flange thickness. Some proposal are
presented down below:
Other possible solution is to locate bracing at the mid span and hence a truss in some place of
the structure to carry stability to foundation. The results for the beam are presented below:

Bracing at mid spam:

The condition is still unsafety.

Hand calculation:

Stress Ratio = 856 / 707 = 1.21 >>>> 1

Two bracing equal spacing:

The condition is still unsafety.

Hand calculation:

Stress Ratio = 856 / 812 = 1.05 >>>> 1


 Other possibility is to modified in Staad Modification factor for Non-uniform moment
diagrams (Cb), since value 1 is clearly conservative:

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