Autofrettage -- Stress Distribution under Load and Retained Stresses After Depressurization -- A Modified Plane-Strain Case

Abstract

There is a long-standing interest in developing a capability to predict the distribution of retained stresses in thick-walled pressure vessels after the removal of an internal pressure--post autofrettage. The key to such a prediction is in the capacity to compute the stress distribution in a vessel while under externally imposed stress sufficient enough to cause at least partial plastic deformation. A good approximation of the stress distribution was developed by Mises in his 1913 plane-stress solution. The fact that such vessels are not representative of the plane-stress condition not withstanding, Mises recognized that his solution was mathematically restricted to a limited range of vessels' wall ratios. More recently, Avitzur offered a solution similar to that of Mises, but for a plane-strain condition. Depending on the material's Poisson's factor, Avitzur's solution is also mathematically applicable for a limited range of vessels'wall ratios only. The wall ratio, beyond which Avitzur's solution in plane-strain is not applicable, is a few times larger than that which limits Mises' solution in plane-stress. This work introduces a modification to Avitzur's solution in plane-strain, which makes its applicability unlimited.... Autofrettage, Thick-Walled Tubes, Stress Distribution, Retained Stress, Tresca's Yield Criterion, Mises' Yield Criterion, Plane-Stress, Plane-Strain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266320

Entities

People

  • Boaz Avitzur

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Autofrettage
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Internal Pressure
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Plastic Deformation
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Radial Stress
  • Security
  • Yield Strength

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  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Systems Analysis and Design