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Now go to restraint summary and note down the support nodes which are lifting or not taking any vertical load
(Sometimes small positive value may be there due to guide and line stop frictions, in that case check the vertical
displacement if it shows positive value consider the same as lifting).
Open the input screen and delete all lifting supports from the nodes you noted down. Delete only +Y support,
Guide and line stops will be there.
If sustained stress is within allowable limit accept the file as it is else change the support location or routing to
make the system safe.
L1:
L2:
L3:
W+T1+P1
T1
L1-L2
OPE
OPE/EXP
SUS
Check the stresses for load case L3, if the same is within allowable limit then accept the file else make the
system safe.
Notes:
1. Now you may be thinking whether to mark deleted supports in isometric or not. You must mark those supports.
As we have not deleted the supports in actual practice. Supports will be there at site, We simply ensured that
without those supports also system will be safe. However if you want to delete those supports that can be done
if all other stress criteria can met.
2.
Whether we need to check expansion stresses in hot sustained file too? In my opinion if we are using liberal
stress for expansion stress range checking then it is better to check expansion stress (along with sustained
stress) in hot sustained file. Otherwise it is not required as system wont fail in expansion case even after
removing those supports.