Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
785544 International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 2009 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
Plasticity-instability interaction is activated by imperfections and to assess their influence on a systematic numerical study is undertaken. Computations produce a meaningful measure of the collapse pressure and it is proposed that the allowable pressure be determined on its basis, by introducing a suitable safety factor. This is chosen so that results reproduce those provided by presently accepted procedures in the well explored and reliable range of medium-thin tubes. When the same factor is applied to thicker tubes, the resulting allowable pressure is significantly higher than the values suggested by codes, which apparently react to the present lack of knowledge by assuming an extremely conservative attitude.
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