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Clarence D. Miller

Formerly with the Chicago Bridge & Iron Technical Services Co., Plainfield, IL
Later: Consulting Engineer, Bloomington, Indiana

Selected Publications:
Clarence D. Miller (Consulting Engineer, Bloomington, Indiana), “Shell Structures”, in Structural Engineering Handbook, Chen Wai-Fah (editor), CRC Press, 1999
OUTLINE OF THIS 1999 PAPER:
11.1 Introduction
Overview • Production Practice • Scope • Limitations • Stress Components for Stability Analysis and Design • Materials • Geometries, Failure Modes, and Loads • Buckling Design Method • Stress Factor • Nomenclature
11.2 Allowable Compressive Stresses for Cylindrical Shells 
Uniform Axial Compression • Axial Compression Due to Bending Moment • External Pressure • Shear • Sizing of Rings (General Instability) 

11.3 Allowable Compressive Stresses For Cones 
Uniform Axial Compression and Axial Compression
 Due to Bending • External Pressure • Shear • Local Stiffener Buckling 

11.4 Allowable Stress Equations For Combined Loads 
For Combination of Uniform Axial Compression and Hoop Compression • For Combination of Axial Compression Due to Bending Moment, M, and Hoop Compression • For Combination of Hoop Compression and Shear • For Combination of Uniform Axial Compression, Axial Compression Due to Bending Moment, M, and Shear, in the Presence of Hoop Compression, • For Combination of Uniform Axial Compression, Axial Compression Due to Bending Moment, M , and Shear, in the Absence of Hoop Compression 

11.5 Tolerances for Cylindrical and Conical Shells 
Shells Subjected to Uniform Axial Compression and Axial Compression Due to Bending Moment • Shells Subjected to External Pressure • Shells Subjected to Shear 

11.6 Allowable Compressive Stresses 
Spherical Shells • Toroidal and Ellipsoidal Heads 

11.7 Tolerances for Formed Heads 


Miller, C.D. 1982. “Experimental Study of the Buckling of Cylindrical Shells With Reinforced Openings,” ASME/ANS Nuclear Engineering Conference, Portland, OR. 

Miller, C D, Frieze, P A, Zimmer, R A and Jan, H Y (1983). “Collapse Tests of Fabricated Stiffened Cylinders under Combined Loads”, AMSE 4th National Congress of Pressure Vessel and Piping Technology, Portland, OR.

Miller, C. D., 1984, “Research Related to Buckling Design of Nuclear Containment,” Nucl. Eng. Des., 79, pp. 217–227.

Miller, C. D., and Grove, R. B., 1986, “Pressure Testing of Large-Scale Torispherical Heads Subject to Knuckle Buckling,” Int. J. Pressure Vessels Piping, 22, pp. 147–159.

Miller, C.D. and Saliklis, E.P. 1993. “Analysis of Cylindrical Shell Database and Validation 
of Design Formulations,” API Project 90-56, Chicago Bridge & Iron Technical Services Co., Plainfield, IL. 

Miller, C.D.1991.“ASME Code Case N-284: Metal Containment Shell Buckling Design Methods,” Revision 1, in Code Cases: Nuclear Components, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, March 14, 1995. 

Miller, C.D. 1995. An Evaluation of Codes and Standards Related to Buckling of Cylindrical Shells Subjected to Axial Compression, Bending and External Pressure, UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, MI. 

Miller, C.D. and Saliklis, E.P. 1995. “Analysis of Cylindrical Shell Database and Validation of Design Formulations, Phase 2: For D/t Values > 300,” API Project 92-56, Chicago Bridge & Iron Technical Services Co., Plainfield, IL. 

Miller, C. D., 1999, “Buckling Criteria for Torispherical Heads Under Internal Pressure,” WRC Bulletin, No. 444, pp. 1–99.

Miller, C. D., 2001, “Buckling Criteria for Torispherical Heads Under Internal Pressure,” ASME J. Pressure Vessel Technol., 123, pp. 318–323.

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