sagbend
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Noun[edit]
sagbend (plural sagbends)
- The portion of a pipeline from the inflection point at the end of an overbend to the point where the pipe rests directly on the lower surface.
- 2005, Boyun Guo, Shanhong Song, Ali Ghalambor, Offshore Pipelines, page 143:
- The bending stress in the sagbend region is also caused by pipeline curvature.
- 2015, R. Winston Revie, Oil and Gas Pipelines: Integrity and Safety Handbook, page 258:
- Local buckling is most likely to occur in either the overbend or sagbend regions.
- 2016, Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Engineering Challenges for Sustainable Future, page 109:
- Increase in barge tension (at top or residual tension) would reduce the pipeline's curvature in the overbend and sagbend regions.