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Analysis Of Core Buckling Defects In Sheet Metal Coil Processing, P.M. Lin, Jonathan A. Wickert Nov 2003

Analysis Of Core Buckling Defects In Sheet Metal Coil Processing, P.M. Lin, Jonathan A. Wickert

Jonathan A. Wickert

The elastic stability of a wound coil comprising a central core and many layers of sheet metal is modeled and analyzed. A common failure mode resulting from unfavorable internal stresses—called v-buckling—is characterized by a section of the core buckling inward, possibly with several nearby sheet metal layers. In the present study, the core is modeled as a thin cylinder that is subjected to (i) the uniform external pressure generated by the coil's wound-in stresses and (ii) a nonuniform elastic foundation around its circumference that represents core-coil contact or loss thereof. The model and an iterative numerical technique are used to …