Originally Posted by
Chronik Fab
i was mistaking your question. i thought u were asking how to figure out the length of pipe required for a bend. the picture you provided has slip joints rather than butt joints, and thats why its different. in a mandrel bend the diameter isnt changed, and thats why its used.
Yes. I know that a mandrel bent pipe still has the same diameter.
But it FLOWS a different amount of gas than a straight pipe will.
I'm trying to find the formula for how much less the curved pipe will flow.