Dr. Mark E. Barkey
Professor of Aerospace Engineering and
Mechanics
The University of Alabama
Structural Durability and Fatigue
Performance Group
Pressure Testing of Recyclable Transmission
Lines (RTL's)
Toledo Metal Spinning PoP
Cone Results
PoP-T10s
PoP-T10s
video of buckling process
Stiffened cone. This cone was scanned with the laser
range finder prior to testing. The zero datum for the depth into
the cone was set 1/2 inch along the cone wall from the top (large
end) of the cone. After the intial buckling of the cone,
additional laser scans were taken to give the shape of the buckled
surface.
PoP-T10s after testing .