I had already explained the basics of snubber in one of my earlier post.

A short description regarding hydraulic and mechanical snubbers used in process piping industry are also discussed. Click here to read it before checking the modelling procedure . In this article I will explain the step by step procedure for modelling Snubber in Caesar II. Static snubbers have a support restraint called SNB following a translational direction in the restraint type field. When a snubber is entered, the restraint fields in Ceasar II change as follows: Gap and Mu are disabled. Snubbers are the translational restraints which provide resistance to displacement in static analysis of occasional loads only. It is assumed that occasional loading is dynamic in nature, similar to a static seismic or static wind loading. THIS SNUBBERS ARE INACTIVE FOR ALL EXPANSION SUSTAINED, AND OPERATING STATIC CASES, AND ARE ACTIVE FOR ALL TYPES OF TRUE DYNAMIC ANALYSES, i.e. HARMONIC, MODAL, OR SPECTRAL. These restraints will be active in all static load cases defined as occasional in the load case list. Static snubbers may be directional, i.e. may be preceded by a minus or plus sign. The steps for modelling Snubber is mentioned below: Create a node where snubber is required to add. (Node 10) Run the operating cases without defining a snubber at that node. Note the displacement in all six degrees of freedom at the location (Node 10) where to add the snubbers (Assume D1 is the displacement at that node at T1 temp and D2 at T2 temp). From input piping spreadsheet click on restraint check box and define XSNB/ZSNB etc as per requirement at node 10 with a distinct CNode 11. It will appear as a guide in Caesar Sketch. Place displacements on the CNode (CNode 11) by activating displacement checkbox. Modify the load cases by including D1 everywhere T1 displays and D2 where T2 appears for Operating load cases. For defining occasional stresses create the following load cases as given in Fig. 1. Run the analysis to obtain results.