Limit loads for pipe elbows subjected to in-plane opening moments and internal pressure

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-23

  Shalaby, M A ^a   Younan, M Y A ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOAD TESTING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

INTERNAL PRESSURE; PIPE ELBOWS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ABAQUS;

PIPE JOINTS;

EID: 0033078765     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2883661     Document Type: Article

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