Re: Ultra Large Large Launch Vehicle
So, to summarize. You are saying that all forces involved are stress/tensile. And I guess that all tensile forces unlike compressive get no advantage from the structural shape of a material.
Btw is "40,000 psi strength for the wall material" the common strenght for steel. And does this mean that a steel pipe 36" in diameter which had .312 inches thick wall would have burst pressure at 110.3 psi?
[The circumference (113.1") divided into 40,000 times .312]