On the FBD tab, it appears that pressure does not get the factor of safety applied to it where the in-plane loads do. So, in-plane loads need to be entered as limit loads and pressure needs to be entered as ultimate (if this is true it is bad form). Can anyone confirm this? Also, from the various diagrams of the panels including the one which shows a coordinate system with z pointing outward, one would think that a positive pressure would be a bursting pressure. This is not the case. You have to make the pressure negative for a bursting pressure. Can anyone confirm this? By the way I am using v 5.8.11. If these things have not been changed in a newer version I think a note should be added warning users of both potentially confusing issues.
Topic: Pressure on stiffened panels (Read 20727 times)