USER MANUAL FOR THE COMPUTER PROGRAM "ROARKRNG' ON THE IBM PC AND IBM AT VERSION 2RO JULY 1986 EARL AND WRIGHT LTD CONSULTING ENGINEERS 191 Victoria Street. London SW1E SNE —Ta!:01.630 1484 Telex B95N676 EANDW GEARL AND WRIGHT LTD CONSENS ANNES | KVAERNER EARL & WRIGHT [issuep ay: (YS CONTENTS No: [2 conTRouen copy TUM 6 1.0 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION. 2.0 PROGRAM OPERATION - 3.0 PROGRAM RESULTS aS ow eaEARL AND WRIGHT LTD CONSULTING ENGNEERS USER MANUAL 'ROARKRNG' PROGRAM DESCRIPTION "ROARKRNG' is a program for calculating forces and moments around a Closed ring subjected to combinations of different load conditions. The program is’ based upon the formulae presented in ‘Formulas for Stress and Strain, 4th and Sth Editions, Roark and Young, Table 17 - “Formilas for Curved Beams' which are based on elastic smal] deflection theory. In determining stresses, the effects of curvature are’ taken into account using the Winkler-Bach formula (Ref. Advanced Mechanics of Materials - Seely and Smith). The output comprises two files; The Summary file echoes the ring dimensions, prints the ring properties and lists the stresses for the combined loadcase only. The Force file tists forces and moments for each individual loadcase and the combined Toadcase. - The loadcases (which may be combined) are illustrated in Figure 1. the Sign convention is indicated in the top right han corner. All the diagrams are drawn at 0° degree phase. These diagrams also give recommended limitations to the various parameters. The program units are: “wn for Length "Degrees" for Angular Measurements "KN" for FORCES “KNM" for MOMENTS The program is intended for use as a DESIGN AID ONLY.