The stress and flexibility analysis of thin-walled curved pipes under out-of-plane bending with the semi-membrane ring element

A semi-membrane curved ring element, described in a previous paper, is reformulated to take into account more general loading conditions, such as the out-of-plane bending. A new displacement field was defined so that the out-of-plane bending moment could be considered. Results concerning transverse...

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Main Author: Melo, F. J. M. Q. de (author)
Other Authors: Castro, P. M. S. T. de (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1990
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/8397
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/8397
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Summary:A semi-membrane curved ring element, described in a previous paper, is reformulated to take into account more general loading conditions, such as the out-of-plane bending. A new displacement field was defined so that the out-of-plane bending moment could be considered. Results concerning transverse section stresses and flexibility factors are presented and discussed.