"Thin-Walled" Model Data

A summary and comparison of the calculated

and measured data for IITRI Model "C-1" is
contained in Table A-4. From this comparison, it
will be noted that -in some instances there are very
large discrepancies between, the calculated and
measured stress values'. Further, it will be observed
that under a longitudinal moment loading,
the maximum stress occurs well off the longitudinal
27.55 20.5 20.5
30.26 35.4 27.2d
48.8 44.7 34.4d
31.1 21.2 21.2
12.95 14.6 14.6
11.63 23.7 16.9b
35.66 57.1 40.7b
25.0 26.9 26.9
6. 79 1.4 1.4
7.86 2.2 1.57·'
7.86 14.4 10.3"
6.79 8 2 8.2
4.8 4.8
9.7 6.9''
9.8/6)0 . 8.15<
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axis of the vessel, with the maximum value being
better than twice that directly on the longitudinal
axis; a very similar effect was noted under internal
pressure. Whereas we had forewarning of this
possibility under internal pressure, the effect
was quite unexpected under longitudinal moment.
Because this result seems somewhat irrational, a
special effort was made to evaluate the probable
validity of the results, summarized as follows:
(a) The vessel was not a machined model and
~as slightly out-of; round. Such out-of-roundness
may have some effect on the measu,·ed pressure
stresses, but we do not believe that it would
significantly affect the stres.<;es due to external
loading. The fillet and the area adjacent to the
nozzle-shell juncture were checked with templates,
and it is believed that any deviation in thickness or
local contour is minor and does not constitute an
explanation for the effects noted.
(b) Ip. testing the model, only one quadrant
was completely instrumented.* However, for
the axes of symmetry, supplementary instrumentation
was installed 180 o opposite the primary instrumentation.
Alw, for the external loading tests,
the loads were applied in both the "positive" and
"negative" directions, giving a total of four readings
for each nominal location on the axes of symmetry
and two readings for locations off the axes of
symmetry. In all cases, the critically stressed region
was found to be directly in the fillet at the
nozzle-shell juncture. A plot of the stresses along
this fillet, under the four loading conditions used,
is shown in Figs. A-2 to A-5 inclusive, based on
arithmetic averages of the available data. The
total scatter in the data for a given location slightly