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Autofrettage is an effective measure to even distribution of stresses and raise load-bearing capacity for (ultra-)high pressure apparatus. Currently, the research on autofrettage has focused mostly on specific engineering problems, while general theoretical study is rarely done. To discover the general law contained in autofrettage theory, by the aid of the authors’ previous work and according to the third strength theory, theoretical problems about autofrettage are studied including residual stresses and their equivalent stress, total stresses and their equivalent stress, etc. Because of the equation of optimum depth of plastic zone which is presented in the authors’ previous work, the equations for the residual stresses and their equivalent stress as well as the total stress and their equivalent stress are simplified greatly. Thus the law of distribution of the residual stresses and their equivalent stress as well as the total stress and their equivalent stress and the varying tendency of these stresses are discovered. The relation among various parameters are revealed. The safe and optimum load-bearing conditions for cylinders are obtained. According to the results obtained by theoretical analysis, it is shown that if the two parameters, namely ratio of outside to inside radius, k, and depth of plastic zone, k j, meet the equation of optimum depth of plastic zone, when the pressure contained in an autofrettaged cylinder is lower than two times the initial yield pressure of the unautofrettaged cylinder, the equivalent residual stress and the equivalent total stress at the inside surface as well as the elastic-plastic juncture of a cylinder are lower than yield strength. When an autofrettaged cylinder is subjected to just two times the initial yield pressure of the unautofrettaged cylinder, the equivalent total stress within the whole plastic zone is just identically equal to the yield strength, or it is a constant. The proposed research theoretically depicts the stress state of ultra-)high pressure autofrettaged cylinder more accurately and more reasonably and provides the reference for design of (ultra-)high pressure apparatus.
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This project is supported by Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department(Grant No. 12A087), and Innovation Fund for Technology Based Firms(Grant No. 09C26214305047)
ZHU Ruilin, born in 1962, is currently a professor at Hunan Normal University, China. He received his PhD degree from Zhejiang Universtiy, China, in 1998. His research interests include process machinery and equipment.
ZHU Guolin, born in 1974, is currently a lecturer at Jiangxi Police College, China. He received his master degree in Xiangtan University, China, in 2006.
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Zhu, R., Zhu, G. Effect of optimum plastic depth on stresses and load-bearing capacity of autofrettaged cylinder. Chin. J. Mech. Eng. 26, 365–370 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3901/CJME.2013.02.365
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