Research Article

An Analytical Approach to the Analysis of Inhomogeneous Pipes under External Pressure

Figure 10

Evolution of the hoop strains at impending collapse ( 𝑝 c r = 4 2 . 3 4 MPa) from the FE analysis of a inhomogeneous ring ( 𝑡 = 2 6 m m , 𝐷 = 4 5 7 . 2 m m , 𝜔 = 1 / 1 0 0 0 , 𝑛 = 3 , and 𝜃 𝑐 = 𝜋 / 4 ) .
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