# Miter Joints [49 CFR 192.233]

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- **citation:** LAC 43:XIII §1313
- **title:** Miter Joints [49 CFR 192.233]
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Louisiana Office of Conservation
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
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- **summary:** A. A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SYMS may not deflect the pipe more than 3°. [49 CFR 192.233(a)] B. A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of less than 30 percent, but more t
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A. A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SYMS may not deflect the pipe more than 3°. [49 CFR 192.233(a)]

B. A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of less than 30 percent, but more than 10 percent of SMYS may not deflect the pipe more than 12 1/2° and must be a distance equal to one pipe diameter or more away from any other miter joint, as measured from the crotch of each joint. [49 CFR 192.233(b)]

C. A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 10 percent or less of SMYS may not deflect the pipe more than 90°. [49 CFR 192.233(c)]

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 9:229 (April 1983), amended LR 10:521 (July 1984), LR 30:1241 (June 2004).
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