摘 要: | In this paper the use of the mixed finite element method forstress analysis of reinforced conical branch pipe junctionssubjected to internal water pressure is presented,branchpipe junction being considered as an intersection body oftwo thin conical shells.For the purpose of computing alarge number of branch pipe junctions with different geome-trical varieties,an automatical meshing routine has beenput up in the mixed FEM program with 3 geometrical parame-ters of the junctions to be varied,i.e.,the angle includedbetween axes of the main pipe and the branch pipe,the thick-ness of the wall of the shell and that of the reinforcingpad and the ratio of diameters of the branch pipe to thatof the main pipe.The computer program has been providedfunctions to distinguish 8 kinds of different meshes and12 sorts of elements,and to lay automatically coordinatesof nodes as well as different boundary conditions of ele-ments.In this way,stress analyses of 101 junctions havebeen carried out and results of computations ar
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