Constraint Solutions For Cracked Plates And Cylinders

There is little advice in fitness for service procedures for assessing constraint parameters T (elastic) and Q (elastic plastic) for biaxially loaded plates and cylinders.This paper presents the analytical determination of T stresses for biaxially loaded plates and the determination of Q for plates and cylinders using finite element analyses. It demonstrates the extent to which T can be used to conservatively predict Q and how, near collapse, Q can be estimated from the stress field corresponding to plastic collapse, enabling a significant reduction in computing effort.The effect of biaxial loading of plates and cylinders on these parameters is discussed as well as the differences found when comparing the values for plates and cylinders.