sagbend

plural sagbends

1. The portion of a pipeline from the inflection point at the end of an overbend to the point where the pipe rests directly on the lower surface.

   The bending stress in the sagbend region is also caused by pipeline curvature.

   2005, Boyun Guo, Shanhong Song, Ali Ghalambor, Offshore Pipelines, page 143

   2 more examples

   Local buckling is most likely to occur in either the overbend or sagbend regions.

   2015, R. Winston Revie, Oil and Gas Pipelines: Integrity and Safety Handbook, page 258

   Increase in barge tension (at top or residual tension) would reduce the pipeline's curvature in the overbend and sagbend regions.

   2016, Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Engineering Challenges for Sustainable Future, page 109