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    Safety factor for point stress in pipe with holes

    Hi, Thank you very much for your replies. I do not have access to ANSYS myself, so I have to communicate with an engineer in another department (in another city) to get them done as I do not have access. The 23x holes are 1" OD, spacing along the length of the pipe is 60mm and around the...
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    Safety factor for point stress in pipe with holes

    Hi, We have a 6 5/8" OD pipe with 23x 1" holes drilled in a spiral. We are trying to determine that max tension limit. As expected, we see a 3x higher stress (VM) in the holes in the ANSYS simulations (according to Kirsch's Solution, 1898). However, I have been told that the max tension is not...

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