• Title of article

    PredictionofradialstressesduetoprestressinginPSCshellsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    SouravAcharya، نويسنده , , DevdasMenon، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    17
  • From page
    109
  • To page
    125
  • Abstract
    Largeprestressedconcrete(PSC)shells,suchassilos,containmentstructuresareprestressedalongtheirprincipalcurvatures.Prestressingcablesareprovidedinthethicknessoftheshelleitherinoneortwodirections.Thestressesnormaltothemiddlesurfacearegenerallyneglectedinthedesignofsuchshellstructures.However,thedevelopmentofradialtensilestressesatthetimeofprestressingcanleadtopossibledelaminationfailure,ifthesestressesareexcessive.Thispaperpresentssimpleprocedurestoestimatetheradialstressdistributionduetoprestressing.Twomethodsarepresented:‘equilibriumofslice’and‘modifiedLamé,’thelatterbeingmorerigorousandapplicabletobothsinglyanddoublycurvedshells.Thesolutionsobtainedareinconformitywiththeresultsoffiniteelementanalysispublishedearlier.Finally,anattemptismadetodeterminethelocaltensilestressdistributionattheperipheryoftheprestressingducthole,whichalsocontributedtotheproblemofdelamination.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894601