THE

COEFFICIENT

OF HOLE

STRESS

CONCENTRATION SHELL

ABOUT

AN ELLIPTICAL
I. G.

IN A SPHERICAL

Titarenko

UDC 539.3

The p r o b l e m of the s t r e s s concentration in a s p h e r i c a l shell with an elliptic hole under uniform int e r n a l p r e s s u r e was solved in [2] in the f o r m u l a t i o n p r o p o s e d by Savin [1]. The hole is c o n v e r e d by a f r e e l y s u p p o r t e d cap. In this p a p e r , we compute v a r i a n t s of the p r o b l e m with the following p a r a m e t e r s using a slight i m p r o v e m e n t in the a l g o r i t h m for the solution: R a _ _ b= 1,1; 1,5; 2; 2, 5; 3; ~ = 1 0 ; 20; 50; 100; 150; 200; 250; 500; 1 1 ; 4 5"

a 1 1 ~ =~ ; - -1; ~; ~0 10

H e r e a and b a r e the m a j o r and m i n o r s e m i - a x e s of the e l l i p s e , R is the radius of the shell, h its thickness. A table was obtained for the concentration coefficients (at the end of the m a j o r s e m i - a x i s of the ellipse) k0max. F r o m this table, we c o n s t r u c t e d for k0max (a/b; ~ a / R ) an a p p r o x i m a t i n g polynomial; the f o r m of the a r g u m e n t s was chosen f r o m n u m e r i c a l e x p e r i m e n t s . To d e t e r m i n e the polynomial we u s e d a p r o g r a m with the following a l g o r i t h m . 1. The initial polynomial was of d e g r e e not g r e a t e r than two in t h r e e a r g u m e n t s (27 t e r m s in all).

2. We c o n s i d e r only the points at which k0max - 20. 3. The values of the polynomial coefficients a r e found by a subroutine which solves a s y s t e m of n equation in m unknowns (n is the n u m b e r of points in the approximation, m is the n u m b e r of polynomial coefficients, n > m) and u s e s the idea d e s c r i b e d in [3] of combining the methods of C h e b y s h e v approximation and l i n e a r p r o g r a m m i n g . 4. The m a x i m u m weight of each t e r m in the polynomial thus found was d e t e r m i n e d o v e r the whole table of values of the a r g u m e n t s . Then the t e r m with the l e a s t weight was omitted and the operations d e s c r i b e d in point 3 w e r e r e p e a t e d .

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L e n i n g r a d S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y . T r a n s l a t e d f r o m P r i k l a d n a y a Mekhanika, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 114-115, J u n e , 1971. Original a r t i c l e s u b m i t t e d August 3, 1970.

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5. If a f t e r omitting s o m e t e r m , the r e s i d u a l r o s e s h a r p l y (by 4-5 p e r cent), the t e r m was r e i n s t a t e d and took no f u r t h e r part in the subsequent s e a r c h . 6. The p r o g r a m t e r m i n a t e d w h e n t h e e r r o r in the approximation exceeded a p r e d e t e r m i n e d value.

As a r e s u l t we obtained the polynomial

We also c o n s i d e r e d the c a s e of a f r e e hole with the s a m e values of the p a r a m e t e r s : a b 1,1; 1,5; 2; 2,5; 3; ~ = 5 ;
V~1 1

10;20;50; 100; 150;200; 250; 500;

1 1 1 1

R - 5 0 ' 20' 10' 6 ' 4; 3" Then, using the s c h e m e d e s c r i b e d above we sought an a p p r o x i m a t i n g polynomial for the concentration coefficient k 0 m a x (a/b; R / h ; (~fab)/R) of the f o r m
~emax

2~-

~ ~-~ .

(2)

F i g u r e s 1 and 2 c o m p a r e the c u r v e s c o n s t r u c t e d f r o m (1) and (2) r e s p e c t i v e l y , using points f r o m the r e f e r e n c e computational tables. The author wishes to e x p r e s s his gratitude to A c a d e m i c i a n of the A c a d e m y of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR G. N. Savin for his attention to this work.
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G. N. Savin, "The s t r e s s distribution in a thin shell weakened by a hole," in: P r o b l e m s in the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium [in Russian], I z d - v o AN SSSR, Moscow (1961). I. G. T i t a r e n k o , "The s t r e s s concentration n e a r an elliptic hole in a s p h e r i c a l shell," P r i k l a d n a y a Mekhanika, 4, No. 9 (1968). E. Stiefel, "Note on J o r d a n elimination, l i n e a r p r o g r a m m i n g , and Chebyshev a p p r o x i m a t i o n , " N u m e r . Math., 2, (1960).

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