Rankine criterion

Figure 4. The Rankine failure criterion in the plane stress space...

We can now define the viscosity-capillarity admissibility criterion for shocks. We say a shock solution of (7) (with jj, = k, = e = 0) propagating with speed c satisfying the Rankine-Hugoniot jump conditions (13) of the form... 

Two basic theories of failure are used in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section I, Section IV, Section 111 Division 1 (Subsections NC, ND, and NE), and Section VIII Division 1 use the maximum principal stress theory. Section ni Division 1 (Subsection NB and the optional part of NC) and Section VIII Division 2 use the maximum shear stress theory or the Tresca criterion. The maximum principal stress theory (sometimes called Rankine theory) is appropriate for materials such as cast iron at room temperature, and for mild steels at temperatures below the nil ductility transition (NDT) temperature (discussed in Section 3.7). Although this theory is used in some design codes (as mentioned previously) the reason is that of simplicity, in that it reduces the amount of analysis, although often necessitating large factors of safety. 

The maximum principle stress theory (Rankine s theory) states that the largest principle stress component, 03, in the material determines failure regardless of the value of normal or shearing stresses. The stability criterion is formulated as... 

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