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I have a 4.5m base diameter, 5 Degree angle at the base of the cone and a 1.6m top diameter. The base of the shell is welded to a cylinder and the top will have a flange welded. This will support some metal work totaling 2.5 Tonnes.
My experience tells me that there should be...
I would like to calculate the potential loading effect on a thin walled frusta (truncated conical shell)i.e. deflection maximum stress etc
I have found an equation in "Roarks Formulas" but the results I'm getting are unbelievable.
Can anybody help?