Stiffening rings partial

Reversion and ring formation have been partially overcome through placement of chain-stiffening units in the silicone-backbone. Thus linear D2-m-carborane-siloxanes (11—14) with one to three trifluoropropyl moieties per repeating unit) exhibit better thermal and oxidative stability than silicones and fluorosilicones (J ). Initial degradation occurs in air about 300 to 350 C, almost 100 above that typically experienced for siloxanes and fluorosilicones. The carborane-siloxanes exhibit T s from -50 to 0 C ( 1 ). The carborane moiety also acts to inhibit formation of six-membered rings because of its size. 

For local loads where a partial ring stiffener is to be used to reduce local stresses, the beam on elastic foundation method provides an ideal method for sizing the partial rings or stiffener plates. The stresses in the shell must then be analyzed by another local load procedure. Shell stresses can be checked by the beam-on-elastic-foundation method for continuous radial loads about the entire circumference of a vessel shell or ring. 

Figure 5-7. Dimensions, forces, and loadings for partial ring stiffeners.

This procedure is based on the beam-on-elastic-foundation theory. The elastic foundation is the vessel shell and the beam is the partial ring stiffener. The stiffener must be designed to be stiff enough to transmit the load(s) uniformly over its full length. The flexibility of the vessel shell is taken into account. The length of the vessel must be at least 4.9v Rt to qualify for the infinitely long beam theory. 

Procedure 5-1 Stresses in Circular Rings, 256 Procedure 5-2 Design of Partial Ring Stiffeners, 265 Procedure 5-3 Attachment Parameters, 267... 

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