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Optimum Thickness Variation in a Curved Strip under Pure Bending

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

D R Blackeby and
E H Mansfield
D R Blackeby
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment
E H Mansfield
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment
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Summary

This paper determines the thickness variation in an annular strip (a curved beam) under pure bending to give a constant equivalent stress based on the Mises-Hencky yield criterion. The stresses due to an applied shear are also determined.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 1972, pp. 77 - 86
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1972

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