sagbend

English

Etymology

sag +‎ bend

Noun

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

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

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

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

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

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