Abstract
In this paper, we present a new pipe elbow element based on a previous simplified model proposed by Bathe and Almeida [1, 2] and modified by Militello and Huespe [3]. It is really a beam-type element but it describes the ovalization, warping, radial expansion and non-symmetric deformation of cross-section of curved pipe with Fourier series. Therefore, it could model precisely enough a real pipe elbow structure but remains simple. The extensive loading cases are effectively implemented by the proposed numerical techniques and displacement model. The developed element is used in this paper in plastic limit analysis of pipe elbow structures. This is realized by means of a direct mathematical programming technique. Various elastic and plastic limit state analyses of straight pipes and elbow structures are presented, which illustrates the efficiency of the element and the numerical method. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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