>ANy good papers/software/books that cover this design requirement?
This case is covered in Roark.. The conservative approach is to analyze
it as a ring subject to dead weight supported at a point on the bottom.
The equivalent shell problem is a lot more work--do it according to WRC
107 or the equivalent updated versions.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen. ___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw Received on Thu Jul 31 00:40:00 2003
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