Smart questions
Smart answers
Smart people
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Member Login
Remember Me
Forgot Password?
Join Us!

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips now!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
Join Eng-Tips
*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

LINK TO THIS FORUM!

Add Stickiness To Your Site By Linking To This Professionally Managed Technical Forum.
Just copy and paste the
code below into your site.

Eng-Tips LinkedIn® Group

Partner With Us!

"Best Of Breed" Forums Add Stickiness To Your Site
Partner Button
(Download This Button Today!)

Feedback

"...you guys have given us a way of asking a question and getting some very timely feedback from other users so we don't have to re-invent the wheel time and again..."
More...

Geography

Where in the world do Eng-Tips members come from?
Click Here To Find Out!

Eng-Tips Shirts!

Get Eng-Tips Swag
Get your
Eng-Tips Forums
SWAG here!
Home > Forums > Aerospace Engineers > Activities > Spacecraft engineering Forum

Infrared Dome

thread25-248624
Read More Threads Like This One
slowedd (Aerospace)
30 Jun 09 16:08
Can anyone provide some insight into the what formula to use for the structural integrity of a dome under external pressure?  The dome would be in a hemispherical shape.
Thank you

Slowedd
GregLocock (Automotive)
30 Jun 09 19:33
Check Roark. The boundary condition around the base will be significant.

Cheers

Greg Locock

SIG:Please see FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.

RPstress (Aerospace)
1 Jul 09 7:33
NASA CR 1457 Manual For Structural Stability Analysis of Sandwich Plates and Shells.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19700004831_1970004831.pdf

NASA CR 912 Shell Analysis Manual.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19680015330_1968015330.pdf

NACA TN 3783 Handbook of Structural Stability Part III - Buckling of Curved Plates and Shells.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930084510_1993084510.pdf
 
Read More Threads Like This One

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!

Back To Forum

Back To Spacecraft engineering

Close Box

Join Eng-Tips® Today!

Join your peers on the Internet's largest technical engineering professional community.
It's easy to join and it's free.

Here's Why Members Love Eng-Tips Forums:

Register now while it's still free!

Already a member? Close this window and log in.

Join Us             Close