# Wrinkle Bends in Steel Pipe

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- **citation:** 192.315
- **title:** Wrinkle Bends in Steel Pipe
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Arkansas Public Service Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** § 192.315 Wrinkle Bends in Steel Pipe (a) A wrinkle bend may not be made on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 30 percent, or more, of SMYS. (b) Each wrinkle bend on steel pipe must comply with the following: (1) The bend must not have any sharp kinks. (2) When me
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§ 192.315 Wrinkle Bends in Steel Pipe (a) A wrinkle bend may not be made on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 30 percent, or more, of SMYS. (b) Each wrinkle bend on steel pipe must comply with the following: (1) The bend must not have any sharp kinks. (2) When measured along the crotch of the bend, the wrinkles must be a distance of at least one pipe diameter. (3) On pipe 16 inches (406 millimeters) or larger in diameter, the bend may not have a deflection of more than 1 1/2° for each wrinkle. (4) On pipe containing a longitudinal weld the longitudinal seam must be as near as practicable to the neutral axis of the bend.
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