Results of pipe bend analysis, Part VI: stress distributions in flanged pipe elbows from out-of-plane bending

Abstract

Graphs of outside surface stress distributions are presented and numerical values of stresses on inside and outside surfaces tabulated for a wide range of flange-ended pipe elbows subjected to a pure out-of-plane bending moment applied at one flange and pure torsion at the other; calculations are based on linear thin shell theory.