Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
On the design of plates and stiffeners of rectangular industrial ducts
T. Thanga
Hatch Ltd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
K.S. Sivakumaran
Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
B. Halabieh
BAH Enterprises Inc, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
ABSTRACT: The internal pressure and the serviceability limit determine the plate thickness and the stiffener
spacingassociated with industrial duct, which are currentlydesigned based on elastic largedeflection plate theory.
The first part of this paper establishes relations between internal pressure and stiffener spacing recognizing ...