The paper presents a theoretical and an experimental investigation into the plastic collapse of circular steel corrugated cyIinders under external hydrostatic pressure. The experimental investigation gives a detailed study of 9 steel corrugated cylinders which were tested to destruction. Six of these cyIinders failed by plastic non-symmetric bifurcation buckling and three failed by plastic axisymmetric deformation. The results of these tests were used, together with the results obtained from previous tests, to present a design chart for the plastic collapse of these vessels. The design chart was obtained by a semi-empirical approach, where the thinness ratios of the vessels were plotted against their plastic knockdown factors. The process of using the design chart is to calculate the theoretical elastic instability pressure for a perfect vessel by the finite element method and also to calculate the thinness ratio for this vessel. Using the appropriate value of the thinness ratio, the plastic knockdown factors are obtained from the design chart. To obtain the actual collapse pressure of the vessel, the theoretical elastic instability pressure for a perfect vessel is divided by the plastic knockdown factor. This work is of importance in ocean engineering. A large safety factor must also be introduced.


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    Title :

    A design chart for the plastic collapse of corrugated cylinders under external pressure


    Additional title:

    Eine Design Chart für das plastische Kollabieren von geriffelten Zylindern bei Außendruck


    Contributors:
    Ross, C.T.F. (author) / Terry, A. (author) / Little, A.P.F. (author)

    Published in:

    Ocean Engineering ; 28 , 3 ; 263-277


    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    15 Seiten, 14 Bilder, 5 Tabellen, 13 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English