Chapter 6: Combined Loadings

Chapter overview

We’ve looked at a fair bit of different stresses: σ_axial in Chapter 2, τ_torsion in Chapter 3, σ_bending in Chapter 4, and τ_transverse in Chapter 5. Have you ever wondered what happens when these stresses all act together on the same structure? That’s what we’ll be looking at in this chapter:

• C6.1 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels - calculating the stress in the commonly seen pressure vessels
• C6.2 Stress From Combined Loadings - looking at the effects of different stresses acting together