Design for Implosion of Concrete Cylinder Structures Under Hydrostatic Loading

Abstract

This report presents updated design guides for both thick- and thin- walled concrete cylinder structures under hydrostatic loading. The design approach for thick-walled cylinders has been changed from that described in previous work to a semi-empirical basis; improvements in implosion strength on the order of 10% are found. A test on a thick-walled 10-ft-diam (3.05-m) structure loaded to failure in the ocean is reported. A major change in the guide is for thin-walled cylinders, where new data on 15 relatively large-scale specimens are reported. Design guides for thin-walled cylinders show an increase in implosion strength ranging from 0% to 35%, depending on the structures' tDo and L/Do ratios, from that reported previously.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078641

Entities

People

  • Harvey H. Haynes

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesives
  • Civil Engineering
  • Compressive Strength
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Films
  • Fungi
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Strain Gages
  • Walls

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Structural Dynamics.