Bending and twisting of pipe with creep

Abstract An exact analysis is presented for the creep deformation of a pipe under the action of combined bending and twisting moments. Dimensionless interaction curves and charts which relate the variables, bending moment, angle change rate, twisting moment, and twist rate per unit length are also provided for engineering practice convenience. The constitutive relationship of the pipe is assumed to obey Prandtl-Nadai creep law.