Analysis of Stresses in Circular Plates and Rings: With Application to Cylinders With Rigidly Attached Flat Heads and Flanges

While the fundamental theory for calculating stresses in circular plates is well known, it has not been employed generally by engineers because of its complexity. In the present paper the authors present a simplified method for calculating the stresses in flat, circular plates, with or without a hole in the center, the loads being applied in any manner provided they are uniformly distributed in circles concentric with the edges. They also discuss the stresses in a hollow cylinder having rigidly attached flat heads, and give a method of calculating stresses in cylinders with rigidly attached flanges.