Pressure Thrust
Pressure Thrust
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I thought quickly this could be easy but it seems to give me a bit of confusion. Where you realized a pressure thrust exist, you simply multiply the inside crossectional area of the pipe with its operating pressure and, that is if the change in direction is 90 degree. How do you evaluate this figure if the chage in direction is other than 90 deg, (less than 90 degree)? Thanks for any help.
Phil
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RE: Pressure Thrust
RE: Pressure Thrust
Phil
RE: Pressure Thrust
Another way to look at it is that the pressure thrust is that force which needs to be applied over the cross sectional area to create the longitudinal stress. In essence, reverse deriving the forumula for longitudinal stress. So calculate your longitudinal stress (PR/2t) and multiply by the cross sectional area of the metal of the pipe (~pi*D*t).
jt
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