B.

ASME F&D TOP HEAD

t TOP.STRUCTURE = STRTHK (
1
)2 = 0.39in SPECIFIED DOME TOP STRUCTURAL THICKNESS

Rc = D = 144  in MAXIMUM HEAD CROWN INSIDE RADIUS

Ro = Rc + t TOP.STRUCTURE + COMP THK (

1
)1 = 145.02in MAXIMUM HEAD CROWN OUTSIDE RADIUS

r = 6% D = 8.64 in HEAD KNUCKLE RADIUS

TOP HEAD FRP LAMINATE PROPERTIES PER TABLE 2A-3

 "TENSILE" 1.5  106 psi R   "TENSILE" 1.5  106 

= 
TENSILE     psi
TOP MODULUS =
 6   6 
 "FLEXURAL" 1  10  psi RFLEX   "FLEXURAL" 1  10 

 "TENSILE" 15000 psi RTENSILE   "TENSILE" 15000 

TOP ULTIMATE.STRENGTH =   =   psi
 "FLEXURAL" 22000 psi RTENSILE   "FLEXURAL" 22000 

υTOP = 0.3 POISSON'S RATIO OF TOP HEAD

1. COMBINED LOADING (TOP HEAD LOADING PER 3A-340 (250 LBF LOAD ON A 16 IN2 COMPACT AREA) +
ROOF LOAD + SNOW LOAD)
ROARK'S FORMULA FOR STRESS AND STRAIN TABLE 13.3 CASE 2
WTOP.HEAD = 250  lbf TOP HEAD LOAD

2
16 in
ro = = 2.26 in RADIUS ON WHICH LOAD IS APPLIED
π
1
4
 12  1 - υ 2 
μ = ro 
 TOP  
= 0.55
 2 2
R  t
 c TOP.STRUCTURE 
SOLVING FOR CONSTANTS "A, "B" & C"

 "μ" 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4

 
"A" 0.431 0.425 0.408 0.386 0.362 0.337 0.311 0.286 
ABCμ = 
 "B" 0.215 0.212 0.204 0.193 0.181 0.168 0.155 0.138 
 "C" 1.394 1.064 0.739 
 0.554 0.429 0.337 0.266 0.211 

       

ADISH = linterpsubmatrix ABCμ

( )
T 0 
(
, 1 , last ABCμ )
T 0
 , 0 , 0 , submatrix(ABCμ ) , 1 , last( ABCμ )  , 0 , 0 , μ = 0.39
  T 1  T 0  

       

BDISH = linterpsubmatrix ABCμ

( )
T 0 
(
, 1 , last ABCμ )
T 0  
(
 , 0 , 0 , submatrix ABCμ
T 2
) 
( T 0
, 1 , last ABCμ )  
 , 0 , 0 , μ = 0.2
       

CDISH = linterpsubmatrix ABCμ

( )
T 0 
(
, 1 , last ABCμ )
T 0
 , 0 , 0 , submatrix(ABCμ ) , 1 , last( ABCμ )  , 0 , 0 , μ = 0.6
  T 3  T 0  

(
Ef.top = TOP MODULUS
1
)1 = 1  106 psi TOP FLEXURAL MODULUS

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