[PSUBS-MAILIST] Hull Design Programs

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I ran across these and thought they might be of interest.  They can be downloaded at:

 

http://www.mech.port.ac.uk/sdalby/mbm/CTFRProg2.htm

 

Pressure Vessels: External Pressure Technology

Programs for use with "Pressure Vessels: External Pressure Technology"
by C.T.F.Ross, HORWOOD Publishing Ltd, Chichester.

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WARNING. Although the programs are supplied in good faith and after careful consideration, neither the author nor the publisher can accept any liability whatsoever that might arise as a result of using these programs for any purpose whatever. Users of these programs should be qualified and competent pressure vessel designers and then only after they have read the book mentioned above. Special care should be taken not to exceed the numerical precision of the machine nor of the software.

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These programs have been provided free of charge by their author, Professor Carl Ross. You are welcome to download and use them, but remember they are copyrighted.
To download the programs, simply click on the filename and follow the instructions.

• RINGCYLE.EXE - Axisymetric stresses in circular cylinders stiffened by equal strength ring frames
  
• RINGCYLG.EXE - Axisymetric stresses in circular cylinders stiffened by unequal strength ring frames
  
• MISESNP.EXE - Shell instability
  
• NIORDSON.EXE - Shell instability buckling pressure for a perfect circular conical shell by an approximate method
  
• KENDRIC1.EXE - General instability by Kendrick part I
  
• KENDPT3.EXE - General instability by Kendrick part III
  
• BRYANT.EXE - General instability by Bryant's approximate formula
  
• CYLBUCK.EXE - Shell instability of an orthotropic cylinder
  
• VIBCYL.EXE - Free vibration of an orthotropic cylinder
  

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Good luck !

Carl T.F.Ross BSc, PhD, DSc,
Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Portsmouth,
PORTSMOUTH PO1 3DJ
ENGLAND
United Kingdom.
EMAIL: carl.ross@port.ac.uk

 

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