Flexible pipe
First Claim
1. A flexible pipe comprising first means including a first set of stress bearing elements extending substantially the whole length of the pipe, for accommodating maximum hoop stress resulting from flow of pressurized fluid through the pipe, and second means including a second set of stress bearing elements in the form of a series of keepers circumferentially staggered around said first set of elements which are arranged to hold said first set of elements in place and limit relative movement thereof extending substantially the whole length of the pipe for accommodating longitudinal stress resulting from a flow of pressurized fluid through the pipe.
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Abstract
A flexible pipe comprising a first set of stress bearing elements extending substantially the whole length of the pipe, for accommodating maximum hoop stress resulting from flow of pressurized fluid through the pipe, and a second set of stress bearing elements extending substantially the whole length of the pipe for accommodating longitudinal stress resulting from a flow of pressurized fluid through the pipe.
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- 1. A flexible pipe comprising first means including a first set of stress bearing elements extending substantially the whole length of the pipe, for accommodating maximum hoop stress resulting from flow of pressurized fluid through the pipe, and second means including a second set of stress bearing elements in the form of a series of keepers circumferentially staggered around said first set of elements which are arranged to hold said first set of elements in place and limit relative movement thereof extending substantially the whole length of the pipe for accommodating longitudinal stress resulting from a flow of pressurized fluid through the pipe.
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3. A flexible pipe comprising a plurality of loosely interengaged rings which allow limited relative axial and radial movement, thus permitting the pipe to flex both radially and longitudinally, the rings being held in place by a plurality of keepers arranged externally of the rings and extending longitudinally of the pipe, the keepers being arranged both to hold the rings in place and to limit the relative movement of the rings, the pipe also including an outer fluid type covering and at least one inner fluid type liner, the rings being so constructed and arranged and being of such thickness and tensile strength as to withstand the maximum hoop stress developed internally in the pipe when high pressure fluid is flowing through it, and the keepers being of sufficient high tensile strength to withstand the endwise or longitudinal stresses developed in the pipe when fluid is flowing through it, the rings carrying substantially the whole of the hoop stress and the keepers carrying substantially the whole of the longitudinal stress.
- 4. A flexible pipe comprising a plurality of rings which are loosely inter-engaged so as to allow limited relative axial and radial movement, thus permitting the pipe to flex both radially and longitudinally, the rings being held in place by a plurality of keepers which extend longitudinally of the pipe and are arranged both to hold the rings in place and to limit the relative movement of the rings, the pipe also including an outer fluid tight covering and at least one inner fluid tight liner, the inter-engaging rings being of such thickness and tensile strength as to withstand the hoop stress developed internally in the pipe when high pressure fluid is flowing through it, and the keepers being of sufficiently high tensile strength to withstand the endwise or longitudinal stresses developed in the pipe by fluid flowing through it.
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