Min and Max Bend Radius 4

MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer

That's neat, MJ. Can you give me a bit of a hint how you develope that method/animation? ...and why would you have a max radius? a fabrication issue? Do different schedules have different radii?

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in Asme code B31.8 mentioned min radius is 18D Not 1D TO 10D also max angle depend on design pressure

"in Asme code B31.8 mentioned min radius is 18D Not 1D TO 10D also max angle depend on design pressure"

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MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer

Dik....couldn't resist

Can you give me a bit of a hint how you develope that method/animation?

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ASME B31.3, Section 304.2.1 has the minimum bend radius. Max bend radius is easy, 179.999999° because at 180° there is no bend.

I=(4(R1/D)−1)/( 4(R1/D)−2) ~1D ?

that is the intrados (inside bend radius), you will have to rearrange t = (P*D)/(2*((S*E*W)/I)+P*Y)where 't' is the pipe wall thickness minus undertolerance & corrosion & thinout of the pipe from bending

Where:
R1 = bend radius at center of pipe
D = OD of pipe
nt = nominal pipe thickness - undertolerance - corrosion - mechanical allowances.

Thinning Due To Bending:
Ro [in] = R1+(D/2) ~ outside radius
Pt [%] = (Ro-R1)/Ro ~ thin out
tmin = nt*(1-Pt) ~ minimum outside radius thickness

Required Thickness: 304.2
Intra [in] = ((4*(R1/D))-1)/((4*(R1/D))-2) ~ intrados (inside bend radius) 304.2.1(3d)
Extra [in] = (4*(R1/D)+1)/(4*(R1/D)+2) ~ extrados (outside bend radius) 304.2.1(3e)
tinside [in] = (P*D)/(2*((S*E*W)/Intra) + P*Y) ~ 304.2.1(3c)
Checktinside = nt>=tinside
toutside [in] = (P*D)/(2*((S*E*W)/Extra) + P*Y) ~ 304.2.1(3c)
Checktmin = tmin>=toutside
tcenter [in] = (P*D)/(2*((S*E*W)/1) + P*Y) ~ 304.2.1(3c)
Checkt = t>=tcenter