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Data description/Result options

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Overview list of specified characteristics of joints in pipeline based on element list (Output Table)

Data description/Result options:

ELEM:

Element number assigned to joint

JOINTREF:

Reference name from input tables PIPES and JOINTS or JNTSPRS

TYPE:

Type of joint (1)

(Socket-L: socket-spigot connection without stop
Socket-S: socket-spigot connection with stop
Spigot-L: spigot-socket connection without stop
Spigot-S: spigot-socket connection with stop
Sleeve-L: double socketed coupling sleeve without stop
Sleeve-S: double socketed coupling sleeve with stop
Ball: ball hinge (free rotations in all directions)
Hinge: pin hinge (free rotation around one axis)
Tight: connection with resistance to tensile strain, no free translations and rotations
Bellows: bellows type of connection with axial, transverse, rotational and torsional stiffnesses)

x-C:

Clearance in axial socket direction in case of compression (2)

x-T:

Clearance in axial socket direction in case of tension (2)

MaxRot:

Maximum physically possible joint rotation (3)

Rotdir:

Angle between the plane of rotation and the horizontal plane (4)

IniRot:

Initial lateral angular difference in the joint

THETA:

Initial angle between plane of the elements adjacent to the joint and the horizontal plane

OVALtype:

Indication of ring stiffness of joint construction to be used for redistribution of element ovalisations in Design Function 6.1

[Default: a FREE end condition]

k-AX:

Axial stiffness of joint

k-LAT:

Lateral (transverse) stiffness of joint

k-TORS:

Torsional stiffness of joint

k-ROT:

Rotational stiffness of joint

Note 1:

See Pipeline Joints for more information about the various types of joint and Note 1 of table JOINTS for the schematics.

Note 2:

Undefined for TYPE = Ball, Hinge or Tight.

Note 3:

Undefined for TYPE = Tight only.
MaxRot in this output table may be less than the assigned value of AllowRot in input table JOINTS (see limitation of the maximum rotation).

Note 4:

(≥ 0. AND < 360.) if TYPE = Hinge, else Undefined.

The stiffnesses remain constant during the calculations in Design Function 5.

H330521 (last modified: Oct 20, 2025)