Abstract

I t is common practice in engineering to disregard the local effects of loads and to calculate the stresses in elements of structures and machinery from formulas valid only a t some distance from the region in which the loads are applied. Whenever this is done, use is made of §aint-Venant's principle either consciously or unwittingly. I t is shown in the present paper tha t in thin-walled structures, like monocoque cylinders, the region in which the stresses are materially influenced by the manner in which the loads are applied may be extended enough to render conventional formulas entirely unreliable.

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