Dear Firends,
I agree with you that as long as stress are within the limit there is no concern on the forces at bends.
But client is commenting to reduce the forces....the guidelines of which is not available.

As advice by Mr. Raam, we can explore the posibility of checking the soil bearing capacity. Do the forum members had any guidance on the same.

I would like to add one more point how to check the capability of weld to absorb these forces at bends. If the welds are strong enough to resist this force then there might not be any issue....Please guide

Is there any guideline in Code or Books where we can have maximum displacement limit for buried pipeline especially at bends.The client is commenting that displacement shall be less than 50 mm only. Which is very less especially for long pipeline....Please through some guidance on this also.
Thanks & regards
MDH