In the wall of an oval pipe, additional to the circumferential forces, shear forces and bending moments occur under internal pressure load. Under this condition, the bending stresses in certain cross sections reach a figure many times that of normal stresses so that yield strength of the material can be exceeded. The usual stress calculation method is based on the calculation of the bending moments with the use of the elastic bending equation. The use of the part-plastic equation presented in the paper gives more accurate values for the bending moments sought in the cross sections being checked. This paper shows that even though the new calculation method leads to a smaller wall thickness of the flat oval pipe, the design of the flat oval pipe is nevertheless safe.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Pipes, Pressure, Stress, Computational methods, Cross section (Physics), Bending (Stress), Design, Shear (Mechanics), Wall thickness, Yield strength
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