Elliptical Tube development
What it is
The elliptical tube is a shell of elliptical section: the development is rectangular, like a cylinder, but the length comes from the perimeter of the ellipse, which has no closed form and is obtained by numerical integration along the outline.
Where it is used
Ventilation ducting in restricted height where the flow area must be kept; oval fairings and structures.
Measurements the calculation needs
- X Overall width of the ellipse
- Y Overall height of the ellipse
- H Length of the tube
- DV Divisions
- THK Plate thickness
Worked example
The values the form comes pre-filled with, run through the tool itself:
| Overall width of the ellipse | 1000 mm |
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| Overall height of the ellipse | 500 mm |
| Length of the tube | 800 mm |
| Divisions | 32 |
| Plate thickness | 1 mm |
| The flat pattern fits a plate of | 2419 × 800 mm |
Result of the example
| Plate | 2419 × 800 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
- How does this differ from the oval tube?
- An ellipse is a continuous curve whose radius changes at every point. The oval tube is two semicircles joined by two straight runs. They are different sections and do not substitute for one another.
- Are X and Y the axes or the semi-axes?
- The full axes: the overall width and height of the ellipse.
