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MODULE-19A
Thin walled pressure vessels
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If the thickness of wall ‘t’ is less than d then it is called thin walled pressure vessel. They
are two types.
1. Cylindrical pressure vessels 2. Spherical pressure vessels

Cylindrical pressure vessel:

a) Hoop stress or circumference stress:

Force due to fluid pressure=Force due to hoop stress

( )
=

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Longitudinal stress:

Force due to fluid pressure= Force due to longitudinal stress

=
=

b) Maximum shear stress: As and are principal stresses

Efficiency of a joint:
Let = efficiency of longitudinal joint
= efficiency of circumferential joint

Strains:
Circumferential strain = –

= –

Longitudinal strain = –

= –

= =

= =

Volumetric strain= =( )

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V=

= .L

= +

=2 +

=2

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