Question: A run of schedule 40 seamless steel pipe is rigidly fixed into two concrete walls with a clear span of 15 ft between the walls. The outside diameter is 5.563 in and the wall thickness of the pipe is 0.258 in. A load of 1 ton is carried at midspan. Determine the following.
a. The maximum bending stress in the pipe
b. The maximum deflection of the pipe