Masters Theses
Abstract
"Photoelastic models were used to indicate stress patterns in various geometrically designed shapes. Each model represented a two-dimensional cross-section of the interior portion of an axially symmetrical porcelain electrical insulator. Five different loading pins were combined with three loading heads to produce eleven models. The maximum stress in each model was determined using a photoelastic method of stress analysis. An attempt was made to select the best structural design to be used in an electrical insulator. The test results indicate that the most desirable stress distribution is obtained using a single step loading pin and that the loading head angle and loading pin angle should be approximately equal to twenty-five degrees measured from the vertical plane"--Abstract, page ii.
Advisor(s)
Hansen, Peter G., 1927-2010
Committee Member(s)
Pyron, Howard D.
Parry, Myron G.
Francis, Lyman L., 1920-2004
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri at Rolla
Publication Date
1965
Pagination
ix, 59 pages
Rights
© 1965 Richard L. Pendleton, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Electric insulators and insulation -- Porcelain
Photoelasticity
Strains and stresses
Thesis Number
T 1735
Print OCLC #
5967277
Electronic OCLC #
803973946
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Pendleton, Richard L., "A photoelastic study of the effect of certain geometric variables on the plane stress distribution in an electrical insulator body" (1965). Masters Theses. 5232.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/5232
