STRESSES IN THIN VESSELS UNDER INTERNAL PRESSURE

Abstract

Elastic stresses are presented for thin shells of revolution under the action of internal pressure. The formulas given are developed on the basis of Love's classical shell theory. The pressure vessel configurations under consideration consist of various commonly encountered head closure designs integrally joined to circular cylindrical shell sections. In addition to the membrane stresses, the bending stresses resulting from forces and moments at the junctures of the heads and cylinders are also presented. The concept of edge influence numbers is used where convenient to express the discontinuity forces and moments at the junction. Many important parameters are expressed in graphical forms to facilitate analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0431706

Entities

People

  • Norman N. Au

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bending Moments
  • Bending Stress
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Discontinuities
  • Elastic Properties
  • Internal Pressure
  • Mechanics
  • Membranes
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Revolutions
  • Shape
  • Stresses
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States
  • Walls

Readers

  • Structural Dynamics.