Plastic buckling of short vertical cylindrical shells subjected to horizontal edge shear loads
Vertical liquid-filled cylindrical shells which are subjected to horizontal seismic loads can fail by buckling in shear. One example where this might arise in the nuclear industry is with the primary vessel in a fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) and design criteria are, therefore, needed to prevent its occurrence. In the present paper, the static analogue of the foregoing problem is considered and experimental results on the plastic buckling of short, steel cantilevered cylindrical shells subjected to transverse edge shearing loads are presented. In addition, a simple quadratic equation is suggested for predicting the plastic shear buckling loads. The agreement between the experimental shear loads at the inception of buckling and the predictions of the proposed design equation is excellent for the limited range of geometries investigated.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool
- OSTI ID:
- 6135957
- Journal Information:
- J. Pressure Vessel Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Pressure Vessel Technol.; (United States) Vol. 107:2; ISSN JPVTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Breeding
BREEDER REACTORS
CONTAINERS
DEFORMATION
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EQUATIONS
FAILURES
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FLUID MECHANICS
FORECASTING
HYDRAULICS
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MECHANICS
PRESSURE VESSELS
REACTOR VESSELS
REACTORS
SEISMIC EFFECTS
SHEAR