Piping corrugated type

Water and brine pumps may be isolated with flexible connectors. For small-bore pipes, these can be ordinary reinforced rubber hose, suitably fastened at each end. For larger pipes, corrugated or bellows connectors of various types can be obtained. In all cases, the main pipe must be securely fixed close to the connector, so that the latter absorbs all the vibration. Flexible connectors for the refrigerant usually take the form of corrugated metal hose, wrapped and braided. They should be placed as close to the compressor as possible. 

Figure 7-110. Simplified sketch showing a typical corrugated-type expansion joint suitable for refinery piping systems.

Except for some specialized applications of the corrugated type, expansion joints and bends require good pipe alignment to perform satisfactorily. Guides serve two important purposes. When installed near an expansion joint they prevent cocking of the sleeve in a slip-type joint or distortion and possible buckling of a corrugated-type joint or an expansion bend. 

From Moody, Trans. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., 66, 671-684 (1944) Mech. Eng., 69, 1005-1006 (1947). Additional values of e for various types or conditions of concrete wrought-iron, welded steel, riveted steel, and corrugated-metal pipes are given in Brater and King, Handbook of Hydraulics, 6th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1976, pp. 6-12-6-13. To convert millimeters to feet, multiply hy 3.281 X l0- ... 

Bending or torsional flexibihty may be provided by bends, loops, or offsets by corrugated pipe or expansion joints of the bellows type or by other devices permitting rotational movement. These devices must be anchored or otherwise suitably connected to resist end forces from fluid pressure, frictional resistance to pipe movement, and other causes. 

Pressure thrust, which is the product of the effective thrust area times the maximum pressure to which the joint will be subjected during normal operation. (For shp joints the effective thrust area shall be computed by using the outside diameter of the pipe. For corrugated, omega, or disk-type joints, the effective thrust area shall be that area recommended by the joint manufacturer. If this information is unobtainable, the effective area shall be computed by using the maximum inside diameter of the expansion-joint bellows.)... 

If unbalanced layouts cannot be avoided, appropriate analytical methods must be apphed to assure adequate flexibility. If the designer determines that a piping system does not have adequate inherent flexibility, additional flexibility may be provided by adding bends, loops, offsets, swivel joints, corrugated pipe, expansion joints of the bellows or slip-joint type, or other devices. Suitable anchoring must be provided. 

Three proven means for absorbing pipe expansion and contraction are (1) expansion bends, (2) corrugated or bellows-type expansion joints and (3) slip-type expansion joints. 

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