457 “61 91.24 WITH AMENDMENT March 1976 / “THE COMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY OF HYDRAULIC JACKS Yolone & 1. NOTATION ) ¢ Giatance between end of cylinder and patoa = » , 2b istence betwoen ond of pion rod and cylinder gland a Ee Young's modulus of elastity of cylinder material Nm? ff at Boni (sree) Eq Young's modulus of elasticty of piston rod material ht ta? Je moment of inertia of cmas section of cylinder about an axis perpendicular to plane of bending aC t—d*) at a ) Iq moment of betta of cro ection of piston rod abbut an axis perpendicular : to place of bending wat at i | hoa * 2 overall Hength of jack m in Pop crtieal compresive load x wt Both SI and British units are quoted but any coherent system of units may be used. 2 NOTES “The churta prescat the variations of the critic! compressive load with the values of jack length ration aj and } ‘D/L Sor eight values of the stiffness parsmeter f. ‘The charts have been ‘derived from a theory using the concept of overlapping silffoese. It i assamed that the ‘cylinder and piston rod have uniform section and material properties over thetr entire rmpiss mad thet heir ‘ection centroids are initially perfectly aligoed. It is assumed that the piston rod ts simply-supported at the piston and the gland. The jack assembly $ pin jointed at both ends. For intermediate values of stiffness parameter ;-the 2 ‘value of | Feb! should be obtained by interpoladon. Egle 1. KOSKO,E. Ths compre insabiy of a hydraue jock, Ine of Acrophyses, Unlerity of Toronto, Report No.55, August 1958. < 3 i 2. TORKINGTON,C, An investigation into the buckling instability of hydraulic jacks. College of Aeronuutics = ‘Thesis, June 1960. (Unpublished experimental work). zg © Eavinonrog Sclonces Qate Unt Lid 1976 aeae 01.01.24 4. EXAMPLE, {tis required to find the critical compressive load of a hydraulic jack, when In = OOIGin*, ve [, = 0.144 in* Ey = Ey = 30% 10 Ihffc?, L= S0in, a = Sinandb = 2055in. + nis ‘Therefore, fe (as) = 0333, e b Jo OSand 7 = O41. ‘Then, since = 0.333, from Figure 2 PL*/(e*Eply) = 1.87 na 187 ee x30 10 xOUI6 sing a= Se = dor “ ‘This page Amendment A