Thanks jte, I was under the impression that FEA work would be required in view of the variable pressure. I've also been pointed in the direction of Roark's book (chapt 11, where the recommendation is made to divide the disc into annular sections and perform discrete calculations on each of the...
I'm designing a hollow rotating disc of around 0.5m dia. The disc rotates in the horizontal plane attached to a hollow drive shaft fixed by a flange to the centre of the lower disc. Water is to be fed up the centre of the hollow driveshaft and into the disc which will impart a centrifugal...