A Thin Shell Theoretical Solution for Two Intersecting Cylindrical Shells Due to External Branch Pipe Moments

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Xue ◽  
D. F. Li ◽  
K. C. Hwang

A theoretical solution is presented for cylindrical shells with normally intersecting nozzles subjected to three kinds of external branch pipe moments. The improved double trigonometric series solution is used for the particular solution of main shell subjected to distributed forces, and the modified Morley equation instead of the Donnell shallow shell equation is used for the homogeneous solution of the shell with cutout. The Goldenveizer equation instead of Timoshenko’s is used for the nozzle with a nonplanar end. The accurate continuity conditions at the intersection curve are adopted instead of approximate ones. The presented results are in good agreement with those obtained by tests and by 3D FEM and with WRC Bulletin 297 when d∕D is small. The theoretical solution can be applied to d∕D⩽0.8, λ=d∕DT⩽8, and d∕D⩽t∕T⩽2 successfully.

Author(s):  
M. D. Xue ◽  
D. F. Li ◽  
K. C. Hwang

Two intersecting cylindrical shells subjected to internal pressure and external moment are of common occurrence in pressure vessel and piping industry. The highest stress intensity occurring in the vicinity of junction, which is a complex space curve when the diameter ratio d/D increases. As the new process of theoretical solution and design criteria research developed by the authors, the stress analysis based on the theory of thin shell is carried out for cylindrical shells with normally intersecting nozzles subjected to three kinds of external branch pipe moments. The thin shell theoretical solution for the main shell with cutout, on which a moment is applied, is obtained by superposing a particular solution on the homogeneous solution. The double trigonometric series solution of cylindrical shell subjected to arbitrary distributed normal and tangential forces based on Timoshenko equation is used for the particular solution and the Xue et al.’s solution, for the homogeneous solution based on the modified Morley equation instead of the Donnell shallow shell equation. The displacement function solution for the nozzle with a nonplanar end is obtained on the basis of the Goldenveizer equation instead of Timoshenko’s. The presented results are in good agreement with those obtained by experiments and by three-dimensional finite element method. The present analytical results are in good agreement with WRC Bulletin 297 when d/D is small. The theoretical solution can be applied to d/D ≤ 0.8, λ = d/DT ≤ 8 and d/D ≤ t/T ≤ 2 successfully.


2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-De Xue ◽  
Qing-Hai Du ◽  
Keh-Chih Hwang ◽  
Zhi-Hai Xiang

An improved version of the analytical solutions by Xue, Hwang and co-workers (1991, “Some Results on Analytical Solution of Cylindrical Shells With Large Opening,” ASME J. Pressure Vessel Technol., 113, 297–307; 1991, “The Stress Analysis of Cylindrical Shells With Rigid Inclusions Having a Large Ratio of Radii,” SMiRT 11 Transactions F, F05/2, 85–90; 1995, “The Thin Theoretical Solution for Cylindrical Shells With Large Openings,” Acta Mech. Sin., 27(4), pp. 482–488; 1995, “Stresses at the Intersection of Two Cylindrical Shells,” Nucl. Eng. Des., 154, 231–238; 1996, “A Reinforcement Design Method Based on Analysis of Large Openings in Cylindrical Pressure Vessels,” ASME J. Pressure Vessel Technol., 118, 502–506; 1999, “Analytical Solution for Cylindrical Thin Shells With Normally Intersecting Nozzles Due to External Moments on the Ends of Shells,” Sci. China, Ser. A: Math., Phys., Astron., 42(3), 293–304; 2000, “Stress Analysis of Cylindrical Shells With Nozzles Due to External Run Pipe Moments,” J. Strain Anal. Eng. Des., 35, 159–170; 2004, “Analytical Solution of Two Intersecting Cylindrical Shells Subjected to Transverse Moment on Nozzle,” Int. J. Solids Struct., 41(24–25), 6949–6962; 2005, “A Thin Shell Theoretical Solution for Two Intersecting Cylindrical Shells Due to External Branch Pipe Moments,” ASME J. Pressure Vessel Technol., 127(4), 357–368; 2005, “Theoretical Stress Analysis of Two Intersecting Cylindrical Shells Subjected to External Loads Transmitted Through Branch Pipes,” Int. J. Solids Struct., 42, 3299–3319) for two normally intersecting cylindrical shells is presented, and the applicable ranges of the theoretical solutions are successfully extended from d/D≤0.8 and λ=d/(DT)1/2≤8 to d/D≤0.9 and λ≤12. The thin shell theoretical solution is obtained by solving a complex boundary value problem for a pair of fourth-order complex-valued partial differential equations (exact Morley equations (Morley, 1959, “An Improvement on Donnell’s Approximation for Thin Walled Circular Cylinders,” Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math. 12, 89–91; Simmonds, 1966, “A Set of Simple, Accurate Equations for Circular Cylindrical Elastic Shells,” Int. J. Solids Struct., 2, 525–541)) for the shell and the nozzle. The accuracy of results is improved by some additional terms to the expressions for resultant forces and moments in terms of complex-valued displacement-stress function. The theoretical stress concentration factors due to internal pressure obtained by the improved expressions are in agreement with previously published test results. The theoretical results discussed and presented herein are in sufficient agreement with those obtained from three dimensional finite element analyses for all the seven load cases, i.e., internal pressure and six external branch pipe load components involving three orthogonal forces and the respective three orthogonal moments.


Author(s):  
Ming-De Xue ◽  
Qing-Hai Du ◽  
Keh-Chih Hwang ◽  
Zhi-Hai Xiang

An improved version is presented for analytical solution developed by the authors and the applicable ranges of the theoretical solutions for two normally intersecting cylindrical shells are successfully extended from d/D≤0.8 and λ=d/(DT)1/2≤8 up to d/D ≤0.9 and λ≤12. The thin shell theoretical solution is obtained by solving a complex boundary value problem for a pair of 4-th order complex-valued partial differential equations (exact Morley equations) for the shell and the nozzle. The accuracy of results is improved by some additional terms to the expressions for resultant forces and moments in terms of complex-valued displacement-stress function. The presented theoretical stress concentration factors due to pressure are in agreement with the test results in literatures. The presented theoretical results are in good agreement with those by 3-D finite element method for all the seven load cases, i.e., internal pressure and six external branch pipe load components involving axial tension, two kinds of transverse shear forces, longitudinal and circumferential bending and torsion moments.


Author(s):  
Ming-De Xue ◽  
Qing-Hai Du ◽  
Dong-Feng Li ◽  
Keh-Chih Hwang

An identical stress analysis method based on the thin shell theory is carried out for cylindrical shells with normally intersecting nozzles subjected to internal pressure and six kinds of external branch pipe loads involving axial tension, two kinds of transverse shear forces, longitudinal and circumferential bending and torsion moments. The thin shell theoretical solution is obtained based on the Morley equation instead of the Donnell shallow shell equation. The accurate continuity conditions at the intersecting curve, which is a complicated space curve, are adopted. The presented results are verified by three-dimensional finite element method (FEM). The theoretical solution can be applied to d/D ≤ 0.8, λ = d/DT ≤ 12 and d/D ≤ t/T ≤ 2 successfully. The solutions are in good agreement with WRC Bulletin 297 when diameter ratio is small. In the paper some typical design curves calculated by the theoretical solutions are presented and their applicable ranges are greatly expanded in comparison with current design methods.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Chen ◽  
Xinrong Jiang ◽  
Wen Chen ◽  
Guangming Yao

AbstractThe method of fundamentalsolutions (MFS)is known as aneffective boundary meshless method. However, the formulation of the MFS results in a dense and extremely ill-conditioned matrix. In this paper we investigate the MFS for solving large-scale problems for the nonhomogeneous modified Helmholtz equation. The key idea is to exploit the exponential decay of the fundamental solution of the modified Helmholtz equation, and consider a sparse or diagonal matrix instead of the original dense matrix. Hence, the homogeneous solution can be obtained efficiently and accurately. A standard two-step solution process which consists of evaluating the particular solution and the homogeneous solution is applied. Polyharmonic spline radial basis functions are employed to evaluate the particular solution. Five numerical examples in irregular domains and a large number of boundary collocation points are presented to show the simplicity and effectiveness of our approach for solving large-scale problems.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 512-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Lin ◽  
C. S. Chen ◽  
Chein-Shan Liu

AbstractThis paper describes an application of the recently developed sparse scheme of the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) for the simulation of three-dimensional modified Helmholtz problems. The solution to the given problems is approximated by a two-step strategy which consists of evaluating the particular solution and the homogeneous solution. The homogeneous solution is approximated by the traditional MFS. The original dense system of the MFS formulation is condensed into a sparse system based on the exponential decay of the fundamental solutions. Hence, the homogeneous solution can be efficiently obtained. The method of particular solutions with polyharmonic spline radial basis functions and the localized method of approximate particular solutions in combination with the Gaussian radial basis function are employed to approximate the particular solution. Three numerical examples including a near singular problem are presented to show the simplicity and effectiveness of this approach.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Eduardo Silva Carlos ◽  
Iuri Hermes Muller ◽  
Aline Brum Loreto ◽  
Ana Luisa Soubhia ◽  
Camila Becker Picoloto

Studies about differential equations provide many mathematical instruments that aid the insight of many practical problems. The goal of this paper is to obtain a differential equation that describes an Electrical Engineering problem, then to define the solution of this equation using analytical methods and to compare theoretical and experimental results. Firstly, the second order differential equation with constant coefficients and the analytical method to obtain the respective solution will be studied; later this solution will be applied in the problem of an LRC electrical circuit with simple mesh with an inductor (L), a resistor (R), a capacitor (C) and an electromotive source. The goal is to solve the differential equation to define the charge, in function of the time, between the capacitor and the inductor. The solution is obtained from the homogeneous solution (admitting a solution in the exponential form) and the particular solution (using the undetermined coefficients method, due to function form). Initial conditions for the initial charge and the initial current can be used, with the analytical methods, to find the particular solution of the problem.


2014 ◽  
Vol 635-637 ◽  
pp. 772-775
Author(s):  
Zhi Jun Wang ◽  
Jing He ◽  
Wan Yu Liu ◽  
Li Zhan Xian

This study proposes a pre-stressed dual-layer six-axis force sensor with eight limbs, and discusses the structure analysis of the sensor. The number of measuring limbs is determined and the structure characteristics are introduced. Force distribution analysis of the sensor is presented based on the mathematical model and force mapping matrix. The forces on the measuring limbs are decomposed into particular solution and homogeneous solution. The results of the paper are useful for the development and further research of the pre-stressed six-axis force sensor.


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