45 degree connections

[shaswin]

@Bas: There is an updated version document for modelling tees in Ple4Win: rev. 11 dated 01-08-2015. See attachment in this message.


For Y-pieces a workaround can be done like this, I think:

SXUB1=i_combined=SQRT((i_inplane*COS(PHI_MB))^2+(i_outplane*SIN(PHI_MB))^2). The i_inplane and i_outplane are from a normal tee (90 degrees) calculation.

Is it possible to implement this weighing factor by default in Ple4Win when there are branching connects in the system with an T-angle which is not 90 degrees?

I think then that the weakened parts of the pipe at the connects are taken correctly into account in the stress calculations.

Also the hole in the connect which can be oval (depends on the connecting angle) should be taken into account in the ovalisation and redistribution calculation.