This Document is borrowed from the Piping Guide

Copyright 1976

THESE CHARTS GIVE THE MAXIMUM LENGTH

PERMISSIBLE FOR EITHER HORIZONTAL LlMB
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OR FALL IS CONTINUOUS WITH TWO OR MORE
STRAIGHT SPANS AT EACH END.

L E N G T H O F UPPER LlMB (FT.)

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0

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60
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L E N G T H O F UPPER LIMB (FT.) 70

D a t a f o r water-filled steel p i p e are based o n a m a x i m u m bending stress o f 4000 PSI, occurring

LOWER CHART: a t s u p p o r e and d u e t o bending b y t h e weight o f p i p e pius water: applied stresses m a y increase UPPER CHART:
t h e resultant tensile stress. 'These data a p p l y t o carbon-steel a n d stainless-steel p i p e having a

10, STEEL t e n s i b m o d u i u s o f elasticity o f 29,0@3,000 PSI, F o r water-filled a l u m i n u m pipe, spans are

similarly bared o n a stress o f 2000 PSI a n d a m o d u l u s o f 10,000,000 PSI. SCH 160, STEEL