Mitered Bends

(calculations according to CAESAR II, Application Guide, page 2-8, ASME B31.1 par. 104-3.3)
Bend angle

90 deg.

Bend radius

1000 mm

Number of cuts
One half the angle between
adjacent miter cuts (=a/(2N))

Mitter spacing (S = 2R tan)

3 cuts
15 deg. < 22,5 deg
> 1,29 deg

O.K.

535,90 mm

Mitered bends are closely spaced if : S < r (1+tan)

where,
Average pipe cross section radius,
r
r = (ri+ro)/2
PIPE:

Outside pipe radius

ro

500 mm

Pipe thickness

10,000 mm

Inside pipe radius

ri

480 mm

r (1+tan) =

621,30 mm

490 mm

<

r (1+tan)

Length of miter segment at crotch B

=
=
:

S-2rtan
273
> 6 tn

According to ASME B31.3 (table D-1)

=>

mm

>

Mitered bend is closely spaced

60 mm
O.K.

If mitered bend is widely spaced, the reduced mitered bend radius is needed to define widely spaced bends in CAESAR II.
MITERED BEND 1 CUT, WIDELY SPACED .

In CAESAR II widely spaced miters must be entered as individual, single cut miters, each having a bend radius equal to:
R = r (1+cot) / 2
(cot = tan(90-))

= a/2N
r

Coordinate (x=S sin(a/N))

Coordinate (y=S cos(a/N))

1159,35 mm

=
=
=
=

90
3
15
490

x =
y =

(x,y horizontal axis on the plane of the bend)

deg.
cuts
deg.
mm

268 mm
464 mm