Resulting force on pipe bend

Bend A B C D E
Density of fluid ρ kg/m^3 790 790 790 790 790
Pipe diameter d m 0.203 0.203 0.203 0.203 0.203
Pressure p kpa 15000 15000 15000 15000 15000
Area of pipe a m^2 0.032365 0.032365473 0.032365 0.032365 0.032365
bend angle β degrees 90 90 90 90 90
flow rate (imp) Q bbl/day 50000 50000 50000 50000 25000
flow rate metric Q m^3/s 0.068 0.068 0.068 0.068 0.034
mass flow m kg/s 53.72 53.72 53.72 53.72 26.86
flow velocity v m/s 2.101004 2.101004369 2.101004 2.101004 1.050502

Resulting forces on bend due to mass flow and velocity

Ry (N) N 354.5789 354.5788541 354.5789 354.5789 88.64471
Rx (N) N 354.5789 354.5788541 354.5789 354.5789 88.64471
Resultant (N) N 501.4502 501.4502244 501.4502 501.4502 125.3626
Resulting forces on bend due to static pressure
Rpy N 1525.187 1525.186979 1525.187 1525.187 1525.187
Rpx N 1525.187 1525.186979 1525.187 1525.187 1525.187
Resultant N 2156.94 2156.940111 2156.94 2156.94 2156.94
Total force on bend (N) N 2658.39 2658.390335 2658.39 2658.39 2282.303

Now calculating moments and resulting forces on each bend

using joint A as reference point. Taking this point as fixed so the
rest of the pipe is acting as a cantilever beam. Therefore not considering
the forces @ A.

Calculating Resulting Moments on pipe bends

Dist x m 0 0 4.187 4.187 8.374
Dist y m 0 5 5 16.785 16.785
Fx N 1879.766 1879.765833 1879.766 1879.766 1613.832
Fy N 1879.766 1879.765833 1879.766 1879.766 1613.832
Sum Fx N 1879.766 1879.765833 1879.766 1879.766 1879.766
Sum Fy N 5107.429 5107.429219 5107.429 5107.429 5107.429
Moment from x dirn N/m 31551.87 22153.04034 22153.04 0 0
Moment from y dirn N/m 35904.53 35904.5275 22390.3 22390.3 8876.074
Total moment N/m 67456.4 58057.56784 44543.34 22390.3 8876.074
1 2 3 4 5

note: forces @ E&F have large effect on moment

from y-direction on bends A&B. Unsure if these
should be considered.

Bending moment
80000

70000

60000

50000
ent (Nm)

40000
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70000

60000

50000

Moment (Nm) 40000

30000

20000

10000

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bend no
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F
790
0.203 need to check pipe diameters at the different sections
15000 could also calc pressure drop along the line due to the bends
0.032365
90
25000 For T's take flow rate to be half as only about half fluid will be changing direction
0.034 conversion could be different
26.86
1.050502

88.64471 ρ x π x a x v^2 x sin(β)

88.64471 ρ x π x a x v^2 x 1-cos(β)
125.3626 (Ry^2 + Rx^2)^.5

1525.187 p x π x a x sin(β)
1525.187 p x π x a x (1-cos(β))
2156.94 (Rpy^2 + Rpx^2)^.5
2282.303

13.874
16.785
1613.832
1613.832
1879.766
5107.429
0
0
0
6
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