Plastic collapse of pipe bends under combined internal pressure and in-plane bending

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 407-416

  Robertson, Andrew ^a   Li, Hongjun ^a   Mackenzie, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geometric non linearity; Pipe bend; Plastic collapse criterion; Plastic instability

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTIC PIPE; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

IN-PLANE CLOSING MOMENT; INTERNAL PRESSURE; PIPE BENDS; PLASTIC COLLAPSE; PRESSURE-MOMENT LOADING;

PIPELINE BENDS;

PIPE BEND;

EID: 13844255033     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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