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    This document discusses stress intensity factors (SIFs) for pipe connections at different angles and makes recommendations for calculating conservative SIF values. It notes that FEA software incorrectly predicts lower SIFs for 45 degree connections compared to 90 degree connections. It recommends consulting several references for more accurate SIF calculations, including the CODETI code, WRC 360, and the McGraw-Hill Piping Handbook. The CODETI code and Piping Handbook provide formulas for calculating SIFs at different angles. Conservative values are suggested as multiplying the 90 degree SIF by 1.5 or 2.0 for a 45 degree connection SIF.

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    Calculation of SIF in 45 degree branch

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    This document discusses stress intensity factors (SIFs) for pipe connections at different angles and makes recommendations for calculating conservative SIF values. It notes that FEA software incorrectly predicts lower SIFs for 45 degree connections compared to 90 degree connections. It recommends consulting several references for more accurate SIF calculations, including the CODETI code, WRC 360, and the McGraw-Hill Piping Handbook. The CODETI code and Piping Handbook provide formulas for calculating SIFs at different angles. Conservative values are suggested as multiplying the 90 degree SIF by 1.5 or 2.0 for a 45 degree connection SIF.

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    45 Deg Branch SIFs

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    This document discusses stress intensity factors (SIFs) for pipe connections at different angles and makes recommendations for calculating conservative SIF values. It notes that FEA software incorrectly predicts lower SIFs for 45 degree connections compared to 90 degree connections. It recommends consulting several references for more accurate SIF calculations, including the CODETI code, WRC 360, and the McGraw-Hill Piping Handbook. The CODETI code and Piping Handbook provide formulas for calculating SIFs at different angles. Conservative values are suggested as multiplying the 90 degree SIF by 1.5 or 2.0 for a 45 degree connection SIF.

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    I've investigated this quesion well.

    FEA software (I've tested Paulin's Nozzle pro


    and Ansys) produce incorrect results. For 45 degree lateral It give less SIF than
    for 90 degree connection io(a)~io*0.7. Nature tests doesn't comfirm this. For
    more information you could look:
    - French CODETI code
    - WRC 360 (by E.C. Rodabaugh) recomendations
    - MCGraw-Hill Piping handbook 7th

    CODETI:
    io(a)=io/sin(a)^(3/2)
    ii=0.75*io(a)+0.25
    io - SIF for 90 degree connection

    Piping Handbook:
    Lateral branch connections (45deg), rb/r > 0.5
    i = 0.9/h^(2/3); h = 1.97*t/r

    Conservative value is i(45)=i*2.0

    Some other suggestions

    Multiply SIFs for 90 deg branch by 1.5 for 45 deg branch.

    FEA predicts lower SIFs for 45 as compared with 90 deg branch!

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