Abstract
Abstract
The successful use of stainless-steel cladding in the pressure vessels of nuclear water reactors is likely to stimulate interest in the applications of composite-plate material. The high cost of using austenitic materials in corrosive conditions could well make the use of clad materials attractive for certain components.
A direct solution has been developed for finding the stresses induced by thermal transients in composite plates for equal biaxial stresses. A computer programme has been written and specimen results are shown. Non-elastic effects are included and residual stresses can be found.
The programme can be used in any situation where a shell component has material properties varying through the shell thickness, provided that the stress system is equi-biaxial.
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