Hi all,
I am struggling to understand the correct approach in ASME VIII Div 2 Part 5 2023 Edition for elastic-plastic buckling (Method B). Step 1 is clear. Step 2; is the suggestion that the linear elastic buckling displacements are factored by the manufacturing tolerance (or measured...
Hi all,
I seem to have found an unusual situation (from my experience anyway) whereby Elastic-Plastic results are more onerous than Limit-Load and only slightly better than ASME VIII Div 1 hand calcs. I am using ANSYS and have tried many different solver settings, mesh etc. (and have had...