Loading Analysis on the Thread Teeth in Cylindrical Pipe Thread Connection

This paper presents a new analytical method that can calculate the load distribution on the thread teeth in cylindrical pipe threaded connection. The new method was developed by analyzing each male and female thread tooth from the connection on the basis of elastic mechanics. By using this method, the load distribution on each thread tooth can be calculated with the tightening torque and thread numbers. By applying the new method on the sample of API 88.9 mm round threaded connection, the obtained results show that the load on thread tooth mainly concentrates on the last four or five threads engaged. By using the finite element analysis method to the same sample validates the new method. The new method proposed in this paper is practical and convenient because it can be applied to calculate the load and deformation on each thread tooth just with tightening torque and thread numbers, which is easier to implement in practice.

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