LARGE REINFORCED-CONCRETE CYLINDERS UNDER EXTERNAL-PRESSURE

Authors
GOODE CD MONTAGUE P NASH T
Citation
Cd. Goode et al., LARGE REINFORCED-CONCRETE CYLINDERS UNDER EXTERNAL-PRESSURE, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Structures and buildings, 116(2), 1996, pp. 163-173
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Civil","Construcion & Building Technology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Structures and buildings → ACNP
ISSN journal
09650911
Volume
116
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
163 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0965-0911(1996)116:2<163:LRCUE>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The work described in this paper was completed some ten years ago, but could not be published until now because of the confidentiality terms of the research contract with Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons Ltd. The p aper describes tests on 17 reinforced concrete cylindrical vessels, ea ch with a hemispherical dome end, subjected to an external pressure of up to 20 N/mm(2) (equivalent to 2 km water depth), Their structural b ehaviour and failure pressures show good agreement with theories devel oped at the University of Manchester. The paper shows that, with the a ddition of appropriate safety factors, reinforced concrete cylinders c an be safely designed to resist high external pressure.