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Design of bend restrictor for flexible pipes

AN Shiju, YANG Qiang, BAI Haiyang, LIANG Wei, FENG Yan

Neptune Offshore Engineering Development Co. Ltd., Tianjin, 300384

Abstract: During applications, composite offshore flexible pipes may subject to over-bending. Bend restrictor is designed
to prevent such over-bending. All possible loading conditions shall be considered during design of bend restrictor. In
addition, each bend restrictor shall be designed individually to satisfy specific requirements of offshore flexible pipes under
different environmental loads. To design optimal bend restrictors, researches are conducted for characteristics and selection
of materials, structural design, regional and overall computation & analysis, fabrication processes and testing procedures in
accordance with features of functional loads and environmental loads on composite offshore flexible pipes and according
to relevant codes and standards. In addition, computational analysis is conducted for bend restrictor by using development
software, computation formula and finite-element analysis software. The research results have significant values for design
and fabrication of composite offshore flexible pipes in China. (7 Figures, 10 References)
Key words: flexible pipe, bend restrictor, material selection, design and computational analysis

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