(1) Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, 200072 Shanghai, P R China
Abstract:
The formulae for stresses and angular displacements of U_shaped bellows overall bending in a meridian plane under pure bending moments are presented based on the general solution for slender ring shells proposed by Zhu Weiping, et al. and the solution for ring plates. The results evaluated in this paper are compared with those on EJMA (standards of the expansion joint manufacturers association) and of the experiment given by Li Tingxin, et al.