Abstract
The present work presents plastic limit load solutions for branch junctions under internal pressure and in-plane bending, based on detailed three-dimensional (3-D) FE limit analyses using elastic-perfectly plastic materials. The proposed solutions are valid for a wide range of branch junction geometries; ratios of the branch-to-run pipe radius and thickness from 0.0 to 1.0, and the mean radius-to-thickness ratio of the run pipe from 5.0 to 20.0.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1377-1380 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Key Engineering Materials |
Volume | 345-346 II |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Branch junction
- Finite element analysis
- In-plane bending
- Internal pressure
- Limit load
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering