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 LAMES
PROBLEM
This problem was originally solved by Lame, a French
engineer, in 1833 and is sometimes referred to as the Lame
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Consider a Vikrant
long cylinder withofaxially
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Static Equilibrium

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 Geometric
Compatibility

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Properties of Material

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Formation of the
Differential Equation

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where the constants Al and A 2 must be determined from the conditions at the boundaries of the
body.

Unfortunately, for the determination of the constants AI and A2, the displacement u is not
known at either the inner or the outer boundary of the cylinder's wall.

However, the known pressures are equal to the radial stresses acting on the elements at the
respective radii.

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 Remarks on the Thin-Disc Problem

The stress-strain relations used for a thick-walled

cylinder corresponded to a plane strain condition. If,
on the other hand, an annular thin disc were to be
considered, the plane stress condition governs

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Special cases

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 Cylinder subjected to internal pressure

Hence t ,max is always greater than the internal pressure and approaches this
value as b increases so that it can never be reduced
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Cylinder Subjected to External Pressure

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Make a comparison of the tangential stress distribution caused by the internal pressure
Pi as given by the Lame formula in with the distribution given by the approximate
formula for thin-walled cylinders of if (a) ro = 1.1ri and if (b) ro = 4ri.

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Select the outer radius b for a cylinder subjected to an internal pressure p = 500 atm with a
factor of safety 2. The yield point for the material (in tension as well as in compression) is syp =
5000 kgf/cm2 (490000 kPa). The inner radius is 5 cm. Assume that the ends of the cylinder are
closed.

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ROTATING
DISKS
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ROTATING DISKS OF UNIFORM THICKNESS

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 Solid Disk

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Circular Disk with a Hole of Radius a

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