Stresses Resulting From Fluid Flow In Pipes

ABSTRACT 

The determination of the components of stress on a pipe made of either linearly elastic or non-linearly elastic material and subjected to internal fluid pressure is of immense benefit to engineers. Chung et al [2] worked on a class of non-linearly elastic type with some degree of success. This work seeks an improvement on [2]. It will do this by obtaining such components of stress in a form that engineers will find easy to use. Towards obtaining the required components, the radial displacement R0(r) will be sought by means of (an approximate) series solution of the emerging non-linear boundary-value problem.