THE EFFECT OF TRANSIENT CREEP ON THE COLLAPSE TIME OF CYLINDERS AND CONES UNDER EXTERNAL PRESSURE.

Abstract

Previous attempts to compute the collapse time for cylinders under external pressure at elevated temperatures had used the assumption of steady state creep. In many cases the computed collapse times were larger than those indicated by tests. In this work similar computations were made of the collapse time but including the effect of the transient creep which precedes the onset of the steady state. The inclusion of the transient creep had the effect of reducing the time to col lapse in many cases. Comparison of the predicted times with published experimental times for cyl inders and cones under various conditions showed that the probable error in prediction was reduced in all cases by the inclusion of transient creep. The most accurate predictions were obtained for the cylinders with fixed ends, for which the collapse time could be determined with a probable error of 28%. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0416148

Entities

People

  • E.m. Briggs
  • E.z. Stowell

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collapse
  • Computations
  • Defects (Materials)
  • Failure (Mechanics)
  • Inclusions
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.