Section 192.315 - Wrinkle bends in steel pipe(a) A wrinkle bend may not be made on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 30 percent, or more, of SMYS.(b) Each wrinkle bend on steel pipe must comply with the following: (1) The bend must not have any sharp kinks.(2) When measured along the crotch of the bend, the wrinkles must be a distance of at least one pipe diameter.(3) On pipe 16 inches (406 millimeters) or larger in diameter, the bend may not have a deflection of more than 1½° for each wrinkle.(4) On pipe containing a longitudinal weld the longitudinal seam must be as near as practicable to the neutral axis of the bend.35 FR 13257, 8/19/1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-85, 63 FR 37503, 7/13/1998