Abstract
A general method was found by which the problem of the rotating disk with any arbitrary profile could be solved, including the effect of plastic flow and of variable temperature, and including the change with temperature of modulus of elasticity, coefficient of thermal expansion, and allowable stress. The solution requires for its application to a specific disk only the elementary arithmetic involved in completion of a tabular form sheet. Two applications of the method are made. For an arbitrary disk profile, an integral equation was found which converges rapidly to the radial stress distribution in a series of successive substitutions. For an arbitrary choice of radial stress, the necessary disk profile can be found in one calculation. Appendix 1 gives an example of the use of the method for the design of a partially plastic disk with a central hole.
