Title: Angles & Triangles for Process Technology
Course: Open MAT107 Contextualized > Section: Angles & Triangles

A piping offset refers to a section in piping
that bends creating an angle other than a straight angle between two (or more) sections of piping.

Question:  What is the length of the travel if the run is 24 inches and the set is 18 inches?

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When calculating the length of a simple pipe bend you can use the arc length formula:

where S is the length of the arc, r is the radius and is the central angle in radians
().
Also, the tangent, T, means something different than when finding a missing side or angle in a triangle. In order to find the total length of the bent pipe (end to end), you must add .

Question:  Find the length of a piece of pipe for a 90 degree bend with a radius of 40 inches and with two 15-inch tangents.

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