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Stress Analysis of Tee Joints by the Finite Element Method

Gantayat, Akhila N.; Powell, Graham H.

UCB/SESM-1973/06, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1973-02, 252 pages

A series of three computer programs for the stress and thermal analysis of piping tee joints to ASA B16.9 is described. The finite element theory for stress and transient heat flow analysis is detailed. Input data for sample problems are included. Detailed user guides to the programs are presented and the results obtained through analyses are compared with experimental measurements.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-73-06.pdf (7 MB)