Elastic bend radius
Elastic bend radius
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goodday,
i will like to know how to calculate Elastic bend raius allowable of a pipeline.
i will be gratefull if anybody can help me.
thanks
i will like to know how to calculate Elastic bend raius allowable of a pipeline.
i will be gratefull if anybody can help me.
thanks





RE: Elastic bend radius
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities." - DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99.99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Elastic bend radius
Don't know if it still fits to modern pipeline codes, but, rule of thumb back in my pipeline days some 40 years ago, was:
Translation of this is, a bend of no more than 1.5 degrees could be made every 30 inches of a 30 inch diameter pipe.
The rule applied to all sizes of pipes and the use of the size shown with translation is for application purpose.
Additionally, rule of thumb stated:
This means no bending is allowed within 48 inches of the end of a 24 inch diameter pipe.
At 74th year working on IR-One PhD from UHK - - -