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Finite Element Analysis of Elasto-Plastic Tee Joints

Powell, Graham H.

UCB/SESM-1974/14, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1974-09-01, 107 pages

Report provides theoretical and computational procedures used for the analysis of elasto-plastic tee joints. The joints may be loaded by internal pressure and arbitrary combinations of applied forces and moments at the ends of the branch and run pipes and the loading sequence may be arbitrary. The joint material is assumed to yield according to von Mises criterion and to exhibit either linear kinematic hardening or nonlinear isotropic hardening after yield.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-74-14.pdf (4 MB)