Strength of Oval Pipes

Why is the strength of oval pipes more than that with circular cross-section?

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sunnyzafar

  • Jul 4th, 2010
 

It is bcoz the value of section modulus of an ellipse is more than than of a circle. 

Hence using bending eqn, we can see that strength of oval pipe is more than circular pipe.

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