Effect of internal pressure and shape imperfections on plastic loads of pipe bends under in-plane closing moment

TC Michael, AR Veerappan, S Shanmugam - Engineering Fracture …, 2013 - Elsevier
The influence of internal pressure and shape imperfections of pipe bends on collapse load
was investigated under in-plane closing bending moment using finite element limit analysis …

Effect of ovality and variable wall thickness on collapse loads in pipe bends subjected to in-plane bending closing moment

TC Michael, AR Veerappan, S Shanmugam - Engineering Fracture …, 2012 - Elsevier
The effect of ovality and variable wall thickness (thickening at intrados and thinning at
extrados) on the collapse loads in pipe bends subjected to in-plane bending moment that …

Burst pressure assessment of pipe bend/elbow for transmission pipelines

BC Mondal, AS Dhar, HI Hafiz - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The pipelines for oil and gas transportation are generally laid along a straight route to avoid
the complexity of pipe bending. However, changing of pipe alignment is sometimes …

Determination of plastic, shakedown and elastic limit loads of 90 pressurized pipe bends with shape imperfections

S Balakrishnan, AR Veerappan… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study determines the plastic, shakedown and elastic limit loads and the corresponding
regimes of 90° pressurized pipe bends with shape imperfections subjected to cyclic in-plane …

A comparative study of shape imperfection and internal pressure effects on plastic, shakedown and elastic limit loads using large and small strain formulation of 90 …

S Balakrishnan, AR Veerappan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work quantifies the effect of ovality and wall thinning on plastic, shakedown and
elastic limit load of pipe bends under cyclic in-plane closing bending load and internal …

Determination of collapse loads in pipe bends with ovality and variable wall thickness under internal pressure and in-plane opening moment

A Buckshumiyan, AR Veerappan… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The combined effect of ovality and variable wall thickness on collapse load of pipe bends
under in-plane opening bending moment with internal pressure was investigated using finite …

Plastic collapse loads in shape-imperfect pipe bends under in-plane opening bending moment

A Buckshumiyan, AR Veerappan… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The combined effect of ovality and thinning/thickening on collapse load of pipe bends under
in-plane opening bending moment was investigated using finite element limit analysis …

Comparison of plastic limit and collapse loads in pipe bends with shape imperfections under in-plane bending and an internal pressure

TC Michael, AR Veerappan, S Shanmugam - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The comparison of limit load based on small displacement limit analysis and collapse load
based on large displacement analysis for shape-imperfect pipe bends, under combined in …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of shape-imperfections on fatigue life of elbows under in-plane cyclic loading

K Srikanth, TC Michael - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The elbows play a critical role in industrial and power plant systems. To ensure operational
safety, extensive research has been conducted on the fatigue behaviour of pipe bends. This …

Effect of structural deformations and bend angle on the collapse load of pipe bends subjected to in-plane closing bending moment

V AR - World Journal of Engineering, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of structural deformations and
bend angle on plastic collapse load of pipe bends under an in-plane closing bending …