How does that solve your issue? The tables assume a continuous pipe. The Victaulic coupling is almost a hinge. At the least, bending compromises the Victaulic proprietary connection slot
Some of the couplers Victualic supply use are fixed (eg 005) and some are flexible (eg 07). The manual...
Thanks for the assistance guys. Victaulic just weighed in themselves with some recommendation (see attachment)from their head office. This should get me out of trouble.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=2537dee7-07fa-4545-9767-20e92d90bfbe&file=Bending_moments_on_pipes.JPG
I have been asked to certify the support system for a 200 dia pipe system carrying water for a fire system. Most of these systems that I have designed in the past have been in motorway tunnels and we have used flexible couplers rather than rigid couplers for a variety of reasons. In this case...
