Abstract: The structural design and development of Solid rocket motor (SRM) is currently based on method of casting solid propellant grain into a metallic or composite casing. In general, SRM is subjected to diverse loading conditions during transportation, storage and firing, due to which cracks may be developed in solid propellants because of excessive loads. Finite element analyses (FEA) based on displacement method, were conducted in order to determine the integrity and the ultimate service life of solid rocket motors. The displacement based finite elements have the limitation of evaluating the distribution of stress and strain on the solid propellants which are viscoelastic in nature. In this paper, a finite element study based on Herrmann formulation is discussed to overcome this limitation in which 8- node quadrilateral,9-node quadrilateral and 6-node triangular axisymmetric finite elements have been developed and analyzed for stress and strain distribution for head and mid segments of so

• Publication Date: 22-Feb-2015
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-039-2-26
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Abstract: This study developed an approximate hybrid method of analysis to be used for the practical design of piled raft foundations considering pile-soil, raft-soil, pile-soil-pile and raftsoil- pile interactions. In the presented method of analysis, the settlements of the system are estimated satisfying the compatibility of two separate models which are the flexible raft model consisting of 2-dimensional finite elements supported by springs representing soils and piles, and the group-pile model embedded in layers of soil having different properties

• Publication Date: 22-Feb-2015
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-039-2-27
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