Old / new best fit radii

The implementation of the new best fit algorithms allowed an improvement of the database by storing the mid-surface imperfections in a “ ” format instead of a “ ” format and the thickness imperfections in a “ ” format instead of a “ ” file. This showed to be more convenient to interchange imperfections between cones and cylinders and requires less stored information.

The previous files with “ ” had been compared with the new generated files and the respective best fit radius, which for cones should be taken as the radius at the bottom. Below the old radius is compared with the new radius, showing that the files that were in the database had already been treated by a best fit algorithm.

For Mid-Surface Imperfection (MSI)

Name	old (mm)	new (mm)
degenhardt_2010_z15	250.78039	250.77990
degenhardt_2010_z17	250.77277	250.77294
degenhardt_2010_z18	250.77991	250.77989
degenhardt_2010_z20	250.72453	250.72452
degenhardt_2010_z21	250.71667	250.71765
degenhardt_2010_z22	250.78368	250.78307
degenhardt_2010_z23	250.70771	250.70775
degenhardt_2010_z24	250.71796	250.71792
degenhardt_2010_z25	250.70585	250.70509
degenhardt_2010_z26	250.74842	250.74841
zimmermann_1992_z33	250.00000	250.00015
awcyl111	203.34475	203.34541
awcyl9201	203.20508	202.06214
awcyl9202	201.95339	202.04195
awcyl9203	202.14465	202.18147

For Thickness Imperfection (TI)

Name	old (mm)	new (mm)
degenhardt_2010_z15	250.27002	250.26986
degenhardt_2010_z17	250.35001	250.34982
degenhardt_2010_z18	250.30003	250.29986
degenhardt_2010_z20	250.30000	250.29983
degenhardt_2010_z21	250.23999	250.23985
degenhardt_2010_z22	250.29997	250.29979
degenhardt_2010_z23	250.23001	250.22987
degenhardt_2010_z24	250.21999	250.21986
degenhardt_2010_z25	250.23999	250.23985
degenhardt_2010_z26	250.27000	250.26985
awcyl111	203.34464	250.34530
awcyl9201	202.05996	202.06213
awcyl9202	201.95397	202.04193
awcyl9203	202.14463	202.18145