mrmartins, (and other contributors)
i'd be interested to know how you get on with your weld modelling.
Other than yield and ultimate, which will need to be in the dirction of the weld and across the weld, I am unsure how you will enter the test results into the material model. I am thinking...
oceanman,
nothing in your note on the radius you are looking at? Are you sure you want to go for a ring stiffened cylinder?
The section in BS5500 applicable to external pressure is about 20 pages (based on Bill Kendricks work at ARE/NCRE) search for Kendrick and you should get something pretty...
when i get back to work on moday i will dig out a company ref for you. For the moment yes the balast creete is like a slurry and can have a variety of densities it can also be put in with a hardener applied, which makes it set and therefore solid and hard to remove or without the addition of...