INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS,
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Tube 11837 Bs. Breech Slice.
State of internal strains and stresses at different phases of the slice
slice intact:
Interior diameter of slice, 4".73; exterior diameter of slice, 10".43
Rings.	Present mean diameters.	Strains.		Stresses per square inch.	
		Tension.	Compres- sion.	Tension.	Compres- sion.
1		Inches. 4.88695 5.6467 9.6528 10.26475	Inch.	Inch. . 00905 .00485	Pounds.	Pounds. 55,500 25,800
2						
3			.0068 .0030		21,100 8,800	
4						
					
Rings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice.
Interior diameter of slice, 5".5; exterior diameter of slice, 9".8.
Rings.	Present mean diameters.	Strains.		Stresses per square inch.	
		Tension.	Compres- sion.	Tension.	Compres- sion.
	Inches. 4.8960 5.6450 9.6517 10.26175	Inch.	Inch.	Pounds.	Pounds.
2				. 00655		34,800
3			.0057		17,700	
					
					
RINGS ALL DETACH El).
	5.65155 9.6460