Saddle-supported pipelines: Influence of unilateral support and thickness on the stress state

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-64

  Baniotopoulos, C C ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIPELINES; SADDLE-SUPPORTED; STRESS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUPPORTS;

SADDLE SUPPORTS;

PIPELINES;

EID: 0030152996     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-0161(94)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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