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This document discusses a paper on the effect of external pressure on the sectional behavior of fabricated tubes. In the discussion, Rajagopalan comments that the authors adopted a formula for buckling pressure of long cylindrical shells that may not apply to the short tubes considered. Short tubes can fail through asymmetric buckling influenced by boundary conditions, which finite element analysis could quantify. The authors respond that shell theory was not considered, and two failure modes were observed in full-size column tests.

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Asce Discussion 2

This document discusses a paper on the effect of external pressure on the sectional behavior of fabricated tubes. In the discussion, Rajagopalan comments that the authors adopted a formula for buckling pressure of long cylindrical shells that may not apply to the short tubes considered. Short tubes can fail through asymmetric buckling influenced by boundary conditions, which finite element analysis could quantify. The authors respond that shell theory was not considered, and two failure modes were observed in full-size column tests.

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EXTERNAL PRESSURE AND SECTIONAL BEHAVIOR


OF FABRICATED TUBES"
Discussion by Krishnaiyengar Rajagopalan4

The authors m u s t be c o m m e n d e d on their elegant paper which w o u l d


be useful in the design of offshore platform legs. The effect of external
pressure on the sectional behavior of tubes h a s b e e n thoroughly treated
in the paper. In the characterization of the effect of circumferential im-
perfections, the authors have adopted the formula for the buckling pres-
sure of a long unstiffened cylindrical shell. This formula is valid for a
shell with free edges, or, if the edges are not free, the length of the shell
must be more t h a n 20 times the diameter. The writer w o n d e r s w h e t h e r
these restrictions are satisfied by the short tube ("can") considered b y
the authors. The buckling of short tubes is axisymmetric in nature, but
short tubes can fail by asymmetric (lobar) buckling. The buckling pres-
sure is influenced by t h e b o u n d a r y conditions at the edges. Finite ele-
ment analysis can be u s e d to quantify the buckling pressure (12).

APPENDIX.—REFERENCE

12. Rajagopalan, K., and Ganapathy Chettiar, C , "Application of the Finite Ele-
ment Method to the Inters tiffener Buckling in Submersible Cylindrical
Hulls," Journal of Ship Research.

Closure by Shouji Toma,5 Wai F. Chen, 6 M. ASCE, and Lyle D. Finn7

The writers would like to thank Rajagopalan for his interest in the
paper and for his comments on the influence of b o u n d a r y conditions at
the ends of a " c a n " on the buckling pressure of a short tube.
In the present work, the effects of hydrostatic pressure, residual
stresses, a n d geometrical imperfections, such as out-of-roundness a n d
out-of-straightness on the load-carrying capacity of tubular m e m b e r s ,
are investigated from the standpoint of theory of beam-column (3). Shell
theory related to local buckling is not considered. As reported in Ref.
1, two types of failure m o d e s w e r e observed in the 10 full-size column
"January, 1982, by Shouji Toma, Wai F. Chen, and Lyle D. Finn (Proc. Paper
16797).
4
Sci., Struct. Engrg. Research Center, Madras 600113, India.
5
Assoc. Prof, of Civ. Engrg. Faculty of Engrg., Hokkaigakuen Univ., W-ll, S-
26, Chuouku, Sapporo, 064, Japan.
6
Prof. and Head of Struct. Engrg., School of Civ. Engrg., West Lafayette, Ind.
7
Sr. Research Specialist, Offshore Struct. Div., Exxon Production Research Co.,
Houston, Tex.
594

J. Struct. Eng. 1983.109:594-594.

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