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Equipment Design: Mechanical Aspects Week 1 Assignment - 1 Solution
Equipment Design: Mechanical Aspects Week 1 Assignment - 1 Solution
11 A thin cylindrical shell having 2m inner diameter and 5m length is being operated at 5
2MN/m2 (g) pressure. Compute the thickness of shell if allowable stress of material is
300MN/m2.
A 0.0035 m
B 0.007 m
C 0.005 m
D None of the above
Solution:
This is similar to the problem solved in lecture 2-3 (slide no. 29)
Di = 2 m
L=5m
P = 2 MN/m2 (g)
σ = 300 MN/m2
𝑃𝐷𝑖
𝜎1 = − (1)
2𝑡
𝑃𝐷𝑖2
𝜎2 = ; where 𝐷 = 𝐷𝑖 + 𝑡 − (2)
4𝑡𝐷
From equation (1), t = (1.05x2x2)/(2x300) = 0.007 m
From equation (2), t = (1.05x2x2x2)/(4x300x(2+t))
Solving the above equation, t = 0.0035 m
Hence the final thickness should be 0.007 m
12 Which statement is true? 1
A Working pressure is greater than design pressure
B Design temperature is greater than maximum permissible temperature
C Allowable stress is greater than damaging stress
D None of the above
15 If the unheated vessel is used to store a liquid at 300C, what should be the design 1
temperature?
A Greater than 300C
B Lesser than 300C
C Equal to 300C
D None of the above
17 Lame’s analysis is used for shell design of vessel when it is operated with 1
A Internal pressure
B External pressure
C Both of the above
D None of the above
19 If a vessel, having minimum thickness of 10mm, is designed for petroleum industry, its 2
standard thickness should be
A 14mm
B 13mm
C 12mm
D None of the above
Solution:
Maximum operating pressure (g) = 1.2 MN/m2
Outer diameter of shell, Do = 3 m
Length of shell, L = 20 m
Allowable stress, f = 3.6 * 9.807 = 35.31 MN/m2 (at design temperature)
Corrosion allowance = 2 mm
Weld joint efficiency factor, J = 0.9; for single welded butt joint with back strip in Class
2 vessel (taken from data)
Design pressure, P = 1.05 * 1.2 = 1.26 MN/m2
𝑃𝐷𝑂
Thickness of the vessel, 𝑡 = 2𝑓𝐽+𝑃
= 0.05833 𝑚