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ÊNGINIERING SOFTWARË

'The flexibility factor is the length of straight pipe having the same flexibility as the component Bend Flex 1 of 3
divided by the the centerline length of the component." - Companion Guide Vol.l pg 523

OD
OD:.= 6.625in wt:= 0.28.in Ro:= Ri:= Ro - wt
-2
e'= ,,.(Ro'- Ri') r'=
f.(nd -
nio)

E
E:= 2.95.107'psi v:= 0.292 G:=-
2.(t + v)
R:= f-in

0:= 1
¿ (n"t - rut)
2 "'= t'(*; * or).(*o - *Ð
wtR 1.65
h.= l-.- k= 6.59 Ki:= k Ko:= k
(ot -,"t)2 h

\, t
-

- \-
ob 7
o
The following equations come from MEC-21

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Bend Flex 2 of 3
'l 6¡¡46;= Sbpa
obPa:=
TÍ.t,''trl-r¡
2. obpc:= 5lÉ.(""{r)- ,) 6ç¡4þ¡= Qbpc

Ki.R3 sir(z.e) [cr.R q+ sir(z.e)

3 õcPc:=

-
E.I (: 4 ).
I
Le.c
-.
2 4 I
Ki-R.0
4. .
öbMb:=
E.I

5. õbPb:= {
E.I [*"
(i - *')). (r .') - z sin(e). i .
9]l *[lcr'nA.ce Ii
[e)

6. $aPb:= õbMa
)l
7 $cPb:= ôbMc

Å [f , * ',\2* s¡n(z'e) Ko
e sin(z.e)
8.
'
ôaMa:=
ErL' ").fq 4 ). 24 )l
9. oaMc:=
* t " - (r * "¡'f-Ú(9)1 $cMa:= QaMc

Ki.R3
r-*{e)- (,¡'(e))'J õcPa:= õaPc
10. õaPc:=
E.I z') + [ffit"'l'lrl
11 õaPa:=
ri.R3
E.I [e)-2.,i"(e).T.
gl. L^,c[t"
le
o
[c'-n 'i"(z.e)l-l
))

nI Ko g+ sin( 2-s)
.,r(}
'12. öcMc:=
' -'l
E.IL 2 4 ). {, oA
- 'i'(z.e)\l
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ENGINEER¡NG SOFTWARÉ

Bend Flex 3 of 3

lbf rbf
õaPa. 0 õaPc. 0 õaMb(lbf) 0
-in in
lbf õbMc.(lbf)
0 ôbPb 0 ôbMa(lbf) 0
in
lbf lbf
ôcPa. 0 ðcPc. 0 õcMb(lbf) 0
-in -in
A:=
0 0aPb
l!9.,ur 0 öaMa.
J80.16¡. ¡n ì 0 o"M"(-$g lbf.i'
1t ) )
{bPa. -!!9.rur I 0 $bPc.
l8o.t¡r I 0 oo*.(-u *t *; 0
) L )
0 oæu(ue rur) 0 o"'.(4.*t'r) 0 $cMo
199.1¡r.in

Lbf & Lbf-in in & degrees

0 I 3.034x lf 3l a

0 0 b

' c
x= 4.766x l0
I 000
F:= x:= A.F
0 0 ra
0 -0.037 rb
0 ) 0 ) rc