Circular flanges in bending
Circular flanges in bending
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I am looking for a satisfatory method of designing circular "donut" shapes baseplates / flanges subjected to bending moments, such as baseplates of monopole masts. Up to now I used an empirical method based on "common sense".






RE: Circular flanges in bending
Many people use finite element method for analyzing this type of base plates. I use formulae from "Roark's Formulas for Stress & Strain book." You can try www.efunda.com site also.
Regards
AM
RE: Circular flanges in bending