On the constrained elastic ring

✍ Scribed by W. J. Bottega

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 347 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-0833
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00044364

✦ Synopsis

The problem of a thin elastic ring contained within a smooth rigid cavity is considered for the case where the ring is subjected to a radial point load. The problem is approached as a moving intermediate boundary problem in the calculus of variations and a closed-form analytical solution is obtained. Numerical results are presented for several cases, revealing unstable behavior of the ring configuration.