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Computers and Structures 89 (2011) 2273–2291 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Computers and Structures journal homepage: www.elsevi /locate/compstruc Theoretical and experimental studies of stresses in flexible pipes Svein Sævik Institute of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This paper presents one model for predicting stresses from axi-symmetric effects and two alternative for- Received 12 January 2011 mulations for predicting bending stresses in tensile armour layers of non-bonded flexible pipes. The mod- Accepted 15 August 2011 els were developed to comply with the framework of non-linear finite element technology allowing Available online 13 September 2011 direct implementation into existing codes for flexible riser analysis, all based on corotated kinematics allowing for large displacements and small strains. Experimental studies were further carried out using Keywords: strain measurements from fibre-optic Braggs to validate the performance of both formulations in terms Flexible pipes of bending stresses and fatigue. Axisymmetric stress 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Bending stress Validation Strai