Example 2 - stresses in a thick wall cylinder, Example 2 – stresses in a thick wall cylinder ,7-2 – HP 50g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Use command SOLVE at this point (from the S.SLV menu: „Î) After about
40 seconds, maybe more, you get as result a list:

{ ‘t = (x-x0)/(COS(

θ0)*v0)’

‘y0 = (2*COS(

θ0)^2*v0^2*y+(g*x^2(2*x0*g+2*SIN(θ0))*COS(θ0)*v0^2)*x+

(x0^2*g+2*SIN(

θ0)*COS(θ0)*v0^2*x0)))/(2*COS(θ0)^2*v0^2)’]}

Press μ to remove the vector from the list, then use command OBJ , to get
the equations listed separately in the stack.

Example 2 – Stresses in a thick wall cylinder

Consider a thick-wall cylinder for inner and outer radius a and b, respectively,
subject to an inner pressure P

i

and outer pressure P

o

. At any radial distance r

from the cylinder’s axis the normal stresses in the radial and transverse
directions,

σ

rr

and

σ

θθ

, respectively, are given by

Notice that the right-hand sides of the two equations differ only in the sign
between the two terms. Therefore, to write these equations in the calculator, I
suggest you type the first term and store in a variable T1, then the second term,
and store it in T2. Writing the equations afterwards will be matter of recalling

Note: This method worked fine in this example because the unknowns t and
y0 were algebraic terms in the equations. This method would not work for
solving for

θ0, since θ0 belongs to a transcendental term.

,

)

(

)

(

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

a

b

r

P

P

b

a

a

b

P

b

P

a

o

i

o

i

+

=

θθ

σ

.

)

(

)

(

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

a

b

r

P

P

b

a

a

b

P

b

P

a

o

i

o

i

rr

=

σ

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