Design of Thick Tubes

Pressurized from Outside

Where is the Difference?

σθ σθ
pint pint σθ

σθ σθ
pest Pest σθ
Risk of Elastic Collapse
Two Potential
Failure Mechanisms

Conservative
and simple
Thin Tubes Thick Tubes

𝐸 1 𝐸 1
Instability
Elastic

𝑝𝐸 = 2 3 𝑞𝐸 = 2 2
1 − 𝜈2 𝐷 1 − 𝜈2 𝐷 𝐷
𝑡 𝑡 𝑡 −1
Collapse

𝑡 𝑡 1𝑡
Plastic

𝑝0 = 2𝑆𝑦 𝑞0 = 2𝑆𝑦 1+
𝐷 𝐷 2𝐷

D stands for external diameter

Two Potential
Failure Mechanisms

𝐸 1
𝑝𝐸 = 2 3
𝑡
1 − 𝜈2 𝐷 𝑝0 = 2𝑆𝑦
𝐷
𝑡

𝐷 𝐸
=
𝑡 𝑐𝑟
𝑆𝑦 1 − 𝜈 2
Two Potential
Failure Mechanisms

Maximum Interaction
@D/t = (D/t)c
ASME III
Design Procedure

𝑡
𝑝𝐶 = 4𝐵 + limits on ovality (W) and eccentricity (ecc)
𝐷
𝐷𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝐷𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑊= < 2.5%
𝐷
𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑡𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑒𝑐𝑐 = < ±10%
𝑡

𝐷
𝑝𝑐 3 𝑖𝑓 ≥ 10
𝑝𝑒𝑠𝑡 ≤ 𝑝𝑎 = = 𝑡
𝑠𝐴𝑆𝑀𝐸 𝐷
2 ÷ 3 𝑖𝑓 < 10
𝑡
Corradi
Design Procedure
3 𝐷
Explicity accounts for ovality through a specific parameter 𝑍 = 2 +1 𝑊
4 𝑡
𝑞𝐶 − 𝑞𝐿
𝜇=
𝑞𝑈 − 𝑞𝐿
Defines a more physically sound slenderness 𝑞0 𝑞𝐸

𝑞0
𝑞𝑈 = 𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 1 𝑞0 𝑞𝐸 < 0.04
1 + 𝑍2
𝑞𝐸 , 𝑞0 → 𝜇 = 0.35 log 𝑞𝐸 𝑞0 − 0.125 0.04 ≤ 𝑞0 𝑞𝐸 ≤ 0.7
1 2
𝑞𝐿 = 𝑞0 + 𝑞𝐸 1 + 𝑍 − 𝑞0 + 𝑞𝐸 1 + 𝑍 − 4𝑞0 𝑞𝐸 𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 0 𝑞0 𝑞𝐸 > 0.7
2

𝑞𝐶 = 𝜇𝑞𝑈 + 1 − 𝜇 𝑞𝐿

𝑞𝑐
𝑝𝑒𝑠𝑡 ≤ 𝑞𝑎 =
𝑠𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑟
Corradi
Design Procedure

𝑠𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 ≤ 𝒔𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓 ≤ 𝑠𝐴𝑆𝑀𝐸

Testing device
for buckling

Collapsed tube