The paper examines the nonlinear elastic-plastic response of internally pressurized 90 deg pipe elbows under in-plane and out-of-plane bending. Nonlinear shell elements from a general-purpose finite element program are employed to model the inelastic response of steel elbows and the adjacent straight parts. The numerical results are successfully compared with real-scale experimental measurements. The paper also presents a parametric study, aimed at investigating the effects of diameter-to-thickness ratio and moderate pressure levels on the ultimate bending capacity of 90 deg elbows, focusing on the failure mode (local buckling or cross-sectional flattening) and the maximum bending moment. Special attention is given to the response of 90 deg elbows under out-of-plane bending moments.
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Ultimate Bending Capacity and Buckling of Pressurized 90 deg Steel Elbows
S. A. Karamanos,
S. A. Karamanos
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
e-mail: skara@mie.uth.gr
University of Thessaly
, Volos 38334, Greece
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D. Tsouvalas,
D. Tsouvalas
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Thessaly
, Volos 38334, Greece
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A. M. Gresnigt
A. M. Gresnigt
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences,
e-mail: a.m.gresnigt@citg.tudelft.nl
Delft University of Technology
, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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S. A. Karamanos
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Thessaly
, Volos 38334, Greecee-mail: skara@mie.uth.gr
D. Tsouvalas
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Thessaly
, Volos 38334, Greece
A. M. Gresnigt
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences,
Delft University of Technology
, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlandse-mail: a.m.gresnigt@citg.tudelft.nl
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Aug 2006, 128(3): 348-356 (9 pages)
Published Online: July 7, 2005
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Received:
March 24, 2004
Revised:
July 7, 2005
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Karamanos, S. A., Tsouvalas, D., and Gresnigt, A. M. (July 7, 2005). "Ultimate Bending Capacity and Buckling of Pressurized 90 deg Steel Elbows." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. August 2006; 128(3): 348–356. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2217967
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