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1. Model flange and nozzle neck as piping elements for each nozzle. Why: Nozzle flexibility.
3. Model rigid elements that span from edge of headerbox to edge of headerbox connecting the multiple nozzle necks,
whose combined weight equals that of half the air cooler, and maintains a consistent mass per unit length.
4. Note vendor drawings and determine how the header box is and is not permitted to slide and how far. In a floating box
design, it is generally permitted to slide in the horizontal plane with a gap of some amount in a border surrounding the
header.
Why: Not all air coolers are 100% the same. Note that the drawings may not have a smoking gun to tell you this
information.
5. Apply supports onto the header box to match vendor drawings as indicated in step 4.
6. Add a weightless rigid from the center of header box at CL to the center of the air cooler. This represents the tube
bundle. If a floating box design, you may consider the center of the tube bundle to be an anchor point whence everything
else slides.
Why: Applying weight on the tube bundle might cause the headerbox to rotate in a manner that is inconsistent with reality.
You can alternatively apply weight to the tube bundle, but apply rotational stops on the headerbox.
7. If it still fails, model the headerbox nozzle connections in FE software to obtain nozzle flexibilities and apply these
flexibilities at the nozzle neck base and rerun.