Originally Posted By: paul

amazing , I apologize to you , I was wrong.

Haha, amazing indeed! I have to frame that and hang it on my wall wink


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so the pipe really does have a 12,566N force pushing
it in the opposite direction.

Not exactly. That's the outward force. It's not always directed along the pipe, so the actual average longditudinal force during the turn will be different. Not sure exactly how to calculate it at the moment.


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but it will work and that is the important part.


Jumping the gun again? :P