GENERAL SOLUTION FOR U-SHAPED BELLOWS OVERALL-BENDING PROBLEMS

Abstract

Abstract: The formulae for stresses and angular displacements of U-shaped bellows overall bending in a meridian plane under pure bending moments are presented based on the general solution for slender ring shells proposed by Zhu Weiping, et al. and the solution for ring plates. The results evaluated in this paper are compared with those on EJMA (standards of the expansion joint manufacturers association) and of the experiment given by Li Tingxin, et al.

Key words: flexible shells, shells of revolution, circular ring shells, bellows, U-shaped bellows

2010 MSC Number:

O343.2

Zhu Weiping;Guo Ping;Huang Qian . GENERAL SOLUTION FOR U-SHAPED BELLOWS OVERALL-BENDING PROBLEMS. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 2000, 21(4): 371-382.

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