Dear All,

I went through the paper that John Breen was referring (TID25553 - SURVEY REPORT ON STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF PIPING SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS. Circa 1970. Creators/Authors: Rodabaugh, E.C. ; Pickett, A.G.), and unfortunately could not find the answer we are looking for,(Sorry John, I have trusted and payed 45 USD for the paper, but I am glad to have it for its references).

Dave's reference is not answering it either.

My guess is there are variaty of flexibilities depending on the geometric combination of fitting-to-fitting applications. However, we need to consult to FEA to see those properly. I wish FE-PIPE had these option, but Mr. Paulin is doing better, and providing 3D model of the systems wherever necessary.

I look forward to working on the newest version of FE-Pipe.

Kind regards,

Ibrahim Demir