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    Limits of Roark's formula for buckling of shell

    Steve. Thanks for that suggestion. Will I find there algebraic equations similar to those I refer to? Or rather a step-by-step process to calculations in order to achieve an ASME-allowed design? (I am more interested in the former at the moment.) Thanks again, mlbtx
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    Limits of Roark's formula for buckling of shell

    Hello, I would like to understand what kind of error results from using Roark's formulas for the buckling of a thin tube when the thickness of the wall, in fact, is larger than the the "1/10 of radius" limit for their validity. Are the predictions obtained conservative (undervalue of crush...

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