Stress Analysis of Pressing Joint of Two Conical Pipes

Abstract

This paper presents a stress analysis of a pressed joint of two conical pipes with the aim to find out whether this kind of connection is suitable for telecommunication masts. The analysis can be considered a complex spatial problem of a thin-walled shell, where the local bending stress influence might be dominant. In this paper a solution using engineering approach and numerical analysis with finite element method (FEM) will be compared.

Keywords

• conical pipes
• finite element analysis
• thin-walled shell
• contact pressure