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FYomtheresults
presented
infigure7, itappears
thatthe
g-correlation
scheme
forangle-
sndT-typeextrusions
permitsan inte- --
grated
approsch
“tothecrippling-strength
analysis
ofextmudedelements.

Y-stiff
enedPsnels
Inanslyzing
thecrippling
strength
ofmonolithic
stiffened
panels
utilizing
extruded
Y-stringers,
certain
additional
considerations
are
encountered
whichhavenotarismpreviously.
Theseinclude:
.
(1)Themethodofdeterminhgg fora stiffened
panel.
(2) Thethicknesses
ofthevarious
flanges
oftheextrusion
may
notbe constant.
(3)Thecompressive
yieldstrength
oftheextruded
stiffener
may
be signif
icautily
diff~ent
fromthatofthesheet.
Themethodofdeterminingg fm a Y-stiffened
panelisillustrated
infigure8. Sincethetestdataareforpanelstestedwithsixstiff-
eners,itisdesirabletodetemnheanaveragevalueof g fora typical
areaelement spacing.Itcanbenotedfrcmfig-
eqpaltothestiffener
ure8 thatthecutsmidwaybetween
stiffeners
arecreditedtotheelement .
totheleftofthecut. Thusthelastelement ontherighthasa value
of g ofoneunitlessthantheotherelements. Thus,theaverage
value
of g = 18.83fortheY-sttif
enedpanelaccouuts
forthisfact.
. .
FortheparticularY-extrusim
usedinreference
7,thethickness
ofthehorizontally
opposedflsnges
atthetopofthesection isgreater
thanthatof‘theotherelements
inthecrosssection,
as showninfig-
ure8. Con~equently,
indetermining
theeffective
thicknessofthe ●

stiffenert+ foruseinthegeneraliz~ crippling


relation,thefollowlng
method
ofweightingwasused:

(7)

b equation
(7),bi and ti refertothelength
endthickness,
respec-
tively,
ofthecross
-sectimal
elements.
Similarly,
forthe7075-T6alunhum-alloy
panels,thecompressive
yieldstrength
ofthestiffener(Ucyw= 78ki) was Signif
ic=tl.y
higher ‘.
thanthatofthesheet(ucys
= 67ksi). Thefollowingweighting
procedure
was used:
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