All parameters given for a water main bend
Thrust Force Calculation
Calculates unbalanced thrust force at a pressurised pipe bend from internal pressure, pipe internal diameter, and bend angle. The template reports pipe area, straight pressure force, and bend thrust force.
3 fields
2 archetypes
with-tool
3 scored fields
contract fields
Parameter Map
3 inputs to 3 scored outputs
internal_pressure_kpa
floatInternal pipe pressure
0 to 5000kPapipe_internal_diameter_mm
floatPipe internal diameter
10 to 3000mmbend_angle_deg
floatPipe bend angle
0 to 180degrees
Pipe internal area
Straight pressure force
Unbalanced bend thrust force
visibility contract
Difficulty Ladder
All parameters given across restrained pipe bends
All parameters given for larger rising mains
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
water_main_bend
2 contextsWater main bend thrust check
water-main / thrust-block
rising_main_bend
2 contextsWastewater rising main bend thrust check
wastewater-rising-main / restrained-joint
rendered task
Generation Preview
wastewater-rising-main-rising-main-bend-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- all_given
- archetype
- rising_main_bend
- site context
- wastewater-rising-main
visible fields
- internal_pressure_kpa100 to 1500 kPa
- pipe_internal_diameter_mm80 to 1200 mm
- bend_angle_deg11.25 to 90 degrees
withheld schema
Wastewater rising main bend thrust check. wastewater-rising-main. Required outputs: pipe_area_m2, pressure_force_kn, bend_thrust_force_kn