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BS 3974-2:1978

Withdrawn
Withdrawn

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Specification for pipe supports Pipe clamps, cages, cantilevers and attachments to beams
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

01-09-2004

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-08-1978

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Materials
5 Beam clips
6 Beam welding attachments
7 Cages
8 Dee shackles
9 Riser pipe clamps
10 Support feet
11 Pipeline anchors and guides
12 Welding of support components
13 Supplementary supporting steelwork
14 Manufacture
15 Protection
16 Inspection
17 Marking
Appendices
A Design guidance for pipe support feet
B Maximum spans for simply supported universal
       beams
C Method of calculating maximum loads on
       cantilevers
D Method of calculating universal beam clip design
       load 'W'
Tables
1(a) Dimensions of clips for universal beams
1(b) Maximum loads 'W' for beam clips for universal
       beam application
2 Dimensions of U-shape and inverted U-shape beam
       welding attachments
3 Dimensions of spring cage, type U: universal beam
4 Dimensions of spring cage, type R: rolled steel
       joist
5 Dimensions of sling rod cage, type U: universal
       beam
6 Dimensions of sling rod cage, type R: rolled
       steel joist
7 Dimensions of dee shackles
8(a) Dimensions of riser clamps for pipes up to and
       including 300 mm nominal size (ranges A and B)
8(b) Maximum loads for riser clamps in accordance with
       table 8(a)
9(a) Dimensions of riser clamps for pipes over 300 mm
       nominal size (ranges A and B)
9(b) Maximum loads for riser clamps in accordance with
       table 9(a)
10 Dimensions of riser clamps for pipes up to and
       including 600 mm nominal size (range C: over 400
       deg C to 470 deg C)
11(a) Maximum loads for tubular support feet
11(b) Maximum loads for sectional support feet
12 Maximum vertical loads on cantilevers of various
       sections
13 Maximum permissible single span, simply
       supported, universal beams when loaded at B/4
       from toe of flange
14 Maximum permissible single span, simply
       supported, universal beams when loaded at toe of
       flange
Figures
1 Universal beam clip
2 Typical applications of beam clips
3 Beam welding attachments
4 Spring cage, type U: universal beam
5 Spring cage, type R: rolled steel joist
6 Typical spring cage assembly
7 Sling rod cage, type U: universal beam
8 Sling rod cage, type R: rolled steel joist
9 Alternative methods of attaching cages
10 Dee shackles
11 Typical method of suspending dee shackles and
       weldless eyenuts
12 Riser clamps for pipes up to and including 300 mm
       nominal size (ranges A and B)
13 Riser clamps for pipes over 300 mm nominal size
       (ranges A and B)
14 Riser clamps for pipes up to and including 600 mm
       nominal size (range C: over 400 deg C to 470 deg
       C)
15 Typical support feet
16 Forces and moments acting on three axes of an
       anchor
17 Typical anchors and guides
18 Fillet welds showing flat, convex or concave weld
       faces
19 Typical cantilever supports showing moment arm
       'L'
20 Universal beam, load acting at B/4 from toe of
       lower flange
21 Universal beam, load acting at toe of lower
       flange

Requirements for design and manufacture. Applies to insulated and uninsulated pipes of nominal size 100 mm to 600 mm for transporting fluids within the temperature range -20°C to +470°C.

Committee
PVE/10
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
52
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn

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