8.5.3.

4 Interstiffener collapse
The minimum yield strength or 0,2% proof strength at
calculation temperature: Rp0,2T 345 [Mpa]

The nominal elastic limits for shell:

Ferritic material
𝜎 =𝑅 , /
Austenitic material
𝑅 , /
𝜎 =
1,25
Fer
σe 345 [Mpa]
The nominal thickness: en 10 [mm]
The corrosion allowance: c 2 [mm]
The absolute value of the possible negative tolerance
on the nominal thickness (EN 10029): quality D
de1 0,7 [mm]

Limit values of weld joint defects (EN ISO 5817): quality C

Linear offset between plates (EN 5817):
𝐵 → 𝛿 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 0,2 + 0,1𝑒 ; 3
𝐶 → 𝛿 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 0,2 + 0,15𝑒 ; 4
𝐷 → 𝛿 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 0,2 + 0,25𝑒 ; 5
de2 1,7 [mm]
Defects of welds:
𝐵 → 𝛿 = 0,2𝑒 ∗ 0,04
𝐶 → 𝛿 = 0,3𝑒 ∗ 0,08
𝐷 → 𝛿 = 0,4𝑒 ∗ 0,16
de3 0,2 [mm]
The analysis thickness:
𝑒 =𝑒 −𝛿 −𝛿 −𝛿 −𝑐
ea 5,4 [mm]

The mean radius of a cylindrical: R 467 [mm]

The radius of the centroid of the stiffener cross-
section: Rs 500 [mm]
The elastic modulus: E 210000 [MPa]
The unsupported length of the shell: L 1000 [mm]

The total width of stiffener i in contact with the shell: wi 10 [mm]

The cross-sectional area of stiffener: As 890 [mm2]
The modified area of a stiffener:
𝑅
𝐴 = 𝐴
𝑅
Am 776,4 [mm2]
Parameter:
,
3 1−𝜐
𝛿=
𝑅∗𝑒
δ 0,024 []
Parameter:
cosh 𝛿𝐿 − cos 𝛿𝐿
𝑁=
sinh 𝛿𝐿 + sin 𝛿𝐿
N 1,000 []
Parameter:
𝛿𝐿 𝛿𝐿 𝛿𝐿 𝛿𝐿
2 sinh 2 cos 2 + cosh 2 sin 2
𝐺=
sinh 𝛿𝐿 + sin 𝛿𝐿
G 0,000 []
Parameter:
2𝑒 𝑁
𝐵=
𝛿 𝐴 +𝑤 ∗𝑒
B 0,537 []
Coefficient:
𝜈
𝐴 1−2
𝛾=
𝐴 +𝑤 ∗𝑒 1+𝐵
γ 0,517 []

The pressure at which mean circumferential stress in a

cylindrical, reaches yield point:
𝜎 ∗𝑒
𝑃 =
𝑅 1−𝛾∗𝐺
Py 4,0 [MPa]
 L/2R 1,1
ea/2R 0,006
The number of circumferential waves for an
unstiffened part of a cylinder: ncyl 4 []
Parameter:
𝜋∗𝑅
𝑍=
𝐿
Z 1,5 []
Poisson's ratio: ν 0,3 []

The mean elastic circumferential strain at collapse:

1 1 𝑒
𝜀= + 𝑛 −1+𝑍
𝑍 𝑛 12𝑅 1 − 𝜈
𝑛 −1+
2 +1
𝑍
ε 0,001 []

The theoretical elastic instability pressure for collapse

of a perfect cylindrical:
𝐸∗𝑒 ∗𝜀
𝑃 =
𝑅
Pm 2,6 [MPa]
 Pm/Py 0,7 [MPa]

Pr/Py 0,251 [MPa]

The calculated lower bound collapse pressure:

𝑃
𝑃 = ∗𝑃
𝑃
Pr 1,0 [MPa]
The calculation pressure: P 0,1 [Mpa]
The test pressure: Ptest 0,15 [Mpa]
𝑃 < 𝑃 /1,5 Pr/1,5 0,7 [Mpa]
𝑃 < 𝑃 /1,1 Pr/1,1 0,9 [Mpa]
Tolerance for calculation pressure:
𝑃
𝑇𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 0,005 ∗ ∗𝑅
𝑃 ∗ 1,5

tolerance 15,5 [mm]

Tolerance for test pressure:

𝑃
𝑇𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 0,005 ∗ ∗𝑅
𝑃 ∗ 1,1
tolerance 14,1 [mm]