A 4.5 in. outside diameter polyethylene pipe designed to carry chemical wastes is placed in a trench and bent around a quarter-circular 90° bend (see figure). The bent section of the pipe is 46 ft long.
Determine the maximum compressive strain emax in the pipe.
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