Bend limiter

A bend limiter suitable for protecting an unbonded flexible offshore pipe, the bend limiter has a length extending between a first end and a second end and a hollow bore along its length, the hollow bore is defined by a surrounding bend limiter wall, the hollow bore has a centre line along the length of the bend limiter wherein the centre line of the hollow bore, when the bend limiter is in an unloaded condition, is a curved centre line or wherein the centre line of the bore, when the bend limiter is in an unloaded condition, is a straight centre line and the bend limiter wall is at most two fold rotational symmetrical around the straight centre line.

An unbonded flexible offshore pipe, the pipe comprising a protecting bend limiter, the bend limiter has a length extending between a first end and a second end and a hollow bore along its length, the hollow bore is defined by a surrounding bend limiter wall, the hollow bore has a centre line along the length of the bend limiter wherein the centre line of the hollow bore, when the bend limiter is in an unloaded condition, is a curved centre line or wherein the centre line of the bore, when the bend limiter is in an unloaded condition, is a straight centre line and the bend limiter wall is at most two fold rotational symmetrical around the straight centre line.