Local stress on thin cylindrical shell

[peet_dk]

Hello

I have a local stress acting radial on a thin cylindrical plate (see illustration), how can I calculate if the plate will deform/bend?

I can only find equations for uniform external pressure (Marcel Dekker), but will it be okay when the stress is only local?

 

[Canadieng]

For manual, not FEA, calculations you could use http://www.forengineers.org/cgi-bin...on=view;mode=1;page=1;id=118;.cgifields=sort".

EDIT: And yes, any external force will cause the plate to deform/bend - perhaps only microscopically depending on the levels - maybe you mean to say "appreciably/noticeably deform/bend"