Data description/Result options
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Overview list of specified characteristics of joints in pipeline based on element list (Output Table)
Data description/Result options:
ELEM:
Element number assigned to joint
JOINTREF:
Reference name from input tables PIPES and JOINTS or JNTSPRS
TYPE:
Type of joint
(Socket-L: socket-spigot connection without stop
Socket-S: socket-spigot connection with stop
Spigot-L: spigot-socket connection without stop
Spigot-S: spigot-socket connection with stop
Sleeve-L: double socketed coupling sleeve without stop
Sleeve-S: double socketed coupling sleeve with stop
Ball: ball hinge (free rotations in all directions)
Hinge: pin hinge (free rotation around one axis)
Tight: connection with resistance to tensile strain, no free translations and rotations
Bellows: bellows type of connection with axial, transverse, rotational and torsional stiffnesses)
x-C:
Clearance in axial socket direction in case of compression ¹
x-T:
Clearance in axial socket direction in case of tension ¹
MaxRot:
Maximum possible free lateral rotation ²
Rotdir:
Angle between the plane of rotation and the horizontal plane ³
IniRot:
Initial lateral angular difference in the joint
THETA:
Initial angle between plane of the elements adjacent to the joint and the horizontal plane
OVALtype:
Indication of ring stiffness of joint construction to be used for redistribution of element ovalisations in function 6.1
[Default: a FREE end condition]
k-AX:
Axial stiffness of joint
k-LAT:
Lateral (transverse) stiffness of joint
k-TORS:
Torsional stiffness of joint
k-ROT:
Rotational stiffness of joint
¹ Undefined for TYPE = Ball, Hinge or Tight
² Undefined for TYPE = Tight only
³ (≥ 0. AND < 360.) if TYPE = Hinge, else Undefined
The stiffnesses remain constant during the calculations in Design Function 5.
H330521, last changed: 14/09/2016
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