Stress and strain distribution in a vertically corrugated bulkhead¹

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Jaeger, H.E. | van Katwijk, P.A.

Note: [1] Publication of the Netherlands Research Centre T.N.O. for Shipbuilding and Navigation.

Abstract: Under the sponsorship of the Netherlands’ Research Centre T.N.O. for Shipbuilding and Navigation the authors carried out a laboratory experiment on a full scale corrugated bulkhead with shallow vertical troughs, which forms a part of a testing tank for watertight bulkheads. An investigation was made into the stress and strain distribution in this structural part when charged with a hydrostatic load. Deflection readings were also obtained for a charge by compressed air. The results of this investigation show to all practical intents and purposes a satisfactory agreement with a theory proposed by the first author and two of his collaborators in a report published by the above mentioned sponsors [1].

DOI: 10.3233/ISP-1965-1213301

Journal: International Shipbuilding Progress, vol. 12, no. 133, pp. 353-372, 1965