NOTE TO USERS This reproduction is the best copy available. UMI® Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. nw m cnm tt a flexible mm m w m t WWM $ m W § M SB8 I&SitlO LlHIf JUbit §h&t Masiti-w IslBto. A Dissertation Submitted ta tite #r«i«®te faculty fa Partial M.filljs«at ®# ft* x*N|«ijNHMaitt tat the tappet «f DOCTOR or PHILOSOPHY Major Subject* MiglMip iafiaearfiii A pproved* Zmm State GoUes* 1950 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: DP13439 INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. 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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. • H i * tmtM w eonsmss HOfAXIOMS m * * * ♦ % * • * • * * > * * * * * * # # # . v X* X!f1f?R£©BCXXCIll » *. #, * *; * * * * * * * * *, * * * * # « *, X A. Usefulness of Flexible Pipes in Construction % *-* I 1* ®#ed for Investigation * * . # * * . * » • * * * « * 2 C« teview of Literature * * * * * , * • * . * * * * * 3 D* The Problem * * * * , * • * * * . # ; * * * # * * : # , * § 7 ix*. xhbqbbizcjl solbtxoh §p tm m m m f * ♦ * , * * * • 9 4* FUfe#«i«tal fhaory fi * . ■« * * * * * * * * * * * f a* Idealised stress-strain diagram « « » • • * » 9 b* Curvature of a circular ring under load m* presse# approximately as a function of its Initial! radius and radial deflection * • .* * 11 «# Geometrical relationship between the change ! in curvature and circumferential strain la the ring due to the load * ♦ « * . # * . * * 'ih d. Equation for internal moment of a rectangular section when it is partially In plastic . . rang® of stress*. t * * . * . ■ * * * * * * * * Id B* 4asmapti©as • « » * • * * » • ' * « * < * * * * * * IS C* limitations to Hi® Assumptions # * # • * # # * * * , 19 B# Development of the Basic Differential Equations * 19 a* Elastic portion of the ring * * * • • * • . * * 19 b* Partially plastic portion of the ring * * * 21 !« General Solutions of the Differential Equations . 0 a*. Elastic portion * • * * * . . * * » * * » • * 2%** b* Partially plastic portion * * * * * * * * * * 2% The f* Unknown Constants * « * • * # # * * » . . * * *. 31 0* She Boundary Conditions * * * * . * * . • * * . * ■ * $1 H. Determination of the Constants |2 X. Modifications of Moment Equations for the ling Due ■ ■ to the Change in its Geometry Under Load *, * *, *, %f XXX* CQMPAftlSf* OP fffl THEORETICAL' SO LB f!« WITH 1®ULB m m s m m corrugated metal pipes » * * . - * * * * * * **a Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. • I t * If* discussion of mt m m m m m « * , » * * .» . * • * * ft ?* . possibilities m the masamt&i m this tsmcmt o Vt.BXIBLI PIPB Of'OTif®'flilt JttKUMtAiO 03HDXTTQIB * $1 f I* CONCLU5IONS » # * * * * *>, * * ■# * * * * * * ♦. *■.<** *' Ijijtn ni. m f m w a r n *■*. * '♦ * * « . * * . * > * * * . 62t> tin. m m m m m w m m s , * . - * *. * * * * * * * * * * . « * 63fe mam ix, iPFiroa it mnxcnos m 4 flexible ciacinaa due m its own weight, mwfmfm m t® smm * * * * &* 4* Deflection of a Fl«xlM© Cor rotated Pipe of Structural Steel doe to its Own Weight, Supported at the Base % * , 68 X* 4PP1»IX lit IMS TIC DHn.ECTION OF A F1K 1SL1 PIFF MDER 4 MODIFIED FIELD LOAD wmzn&tt * % *• * * * » * * ■« * * * , * * * * , * * . 73 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. w*fm NOTATIONS ■ a S i, " of tli© deflected ring BiMMA perpeisiiemlarly to tli® line of action of the lead* senl-a&Jor m M of ■« elliptic rtsf* % Badims of the defleeted ring measured along the line of action of the loadf Ml-ainor axis of m elliptic ring I width of the. ring:* Id Thickness of the ring section, id,© TMekness of the elastic- portion of the ring section whets -Hi# ring section has partially gone Into plastic tang© of stress* 1 ffedultts of elasticity of ring m-twial for tension .and ooapresslont elliptic integral of the second kind* « Ciretatforential strain in the ring section in# to the concentrated loadf acdnXwi #f passive pressure #f the sidefill* ’ f: Elliptic Integral of the first Mai* ■ 1 lorisoatal thrust at m y section of the loaded-ring* 'fe.. 'IkImk Mrl»»t«l wn&t pressure on the ■flexible pip# do# to the sidefill* 1- mmmrnt of inertia of the ring section k -iohstsmts from 8o?fc»*» graphs-* ■ Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. •91:- M Bending jsoiMfit* $*oft&g' mmmt at the ring section directly master the concentrated lead# Mg Bending vonant at the section 90® tvm the section of the ring directly tmder the eone«ntvatad ■ load* H* Htatibnte resisting mmmt the ring section can develop rfttamt going into the- plastic range of stress* f Concentrated load. Pg BbxImos concentrate# load the ring- «a& fee. subjected to without putting it into plastic range of stress* -t.,. -*r*R l r l/2 B, gES. f Initial mean radius of the ring* S unit stress* $9 froportional limit* t flilctaess of corrugated pipe % " w Uniformly distributed land* at Rectangular coordinate*. y Radial deflection:©f the loaded ring at any section* rectangular coordinate* .fg ■ Radial deflection of the loaded ring in. the elastic portion* Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. y Radial deflection of the loaded ring in ' the partially plastic portion* lailal deflection of the leaded Hug directly aider the leal* ?#*#!% *«4isl deflection ©f the tawdftd ring 90® fro* the point of application of the load* #® Differential length of ring* * ingle iesoting the plastic bmmdey* £ Dhtt noriaal strain* % Unit strain at the proportional limit* in Unit strain is the extras* igns? «ai outer fiber of the loaded ring* t* # » t In g le s , w 3 .1 ^2 , ^ Curvature of the loaded ring at «gy section..' Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.