On the Overstraining of Thick-Walled Cylinders Under Internal Fluid Pressure and Under Interference Fit Pressure

The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part presents a general and historical introduction to the subject and a critical review of previous theoretical investigations on thick-walled cylinders under internal fluid pressure and under interference fit pressure. Part II contains the author's experimental work on cylinders under internal fluid pressure. A review of previous experiments is also included. Thirdly. the author presents his theoretical and experimental work on ring and plug interference fit assemblies. This section is also proceeded by a review of work performed by other experimenters in the field. Finally appendices are attached which contain information of interest to the work yet unsuitable for submission in the main body of the text. Analytical and, experimental work is restricted to ring and solid plug specimens, for which the ratio of outside diameter to bore is 2. An open-end condition and an idealised flat-topped tensile stress-strain graph are assumed in the theories. Specimens are of mild steel material. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.)