TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Civil Engineering

BES 7 – 2D
MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES

Assignment #3
THIN-WALLED PRESSURE VESSEL

Alonzo, Abraham Paul N.

TUPM-19-3842
March 8, 2021

Engr. E. C. Dela Cruz

Instructor
1. A CYLINDRICAL PRESSURE VES5EL 15 500 mm IN DIAMETER
AND HAS A WALL THICKNESS OF 22 mm IF IT IS
SUBJECTEDTo Aki INTERNAL PRESSURE OF 5
DETERMINE THE TANGENTIAL AND LONGITUDINAL STRESSES
DEVELOPED THE CYLINDER

RECD

SOLUTION

2.2
(SN/mmL ) (SOO mm)
2 ( 2.2mm)
g2 MPa

hit
(S N/mm%)(Soömm)
(22 mm)

SUMMARY
82 MPG
41 MPa
2 THE STRENGT-H PER METER OF THE LONGITUDINAL JOINT
IS 500 AND 220 RN FOR THE GIRTH JOINT. IF THE
INTERNAL PRESSURE Is 2MPa, DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM
DIAMETER OF THE THIN —WALLED CYLINDER

LO ITVDI A L
JOINT

GIRTH JOINT

REQ I D MAX D

SOLUTION
GIRTH

— = 220 —
m
220 x (2 N/mmL)D
103 mm
D: 440 mm

LONGITUDINAL

-o

F: PDL
2P=QDL

L 2
(2 N/mmZ) D
50x 103
10 3 N
mm
D = 500 mm

USE

6UMMARY
MAX.D = 440 mm
3. DETERMINE THE MINIMUM THICKNESS FOR A CYLINDER
TO CONTAIN A GAS AT A PRESSURE OF 1300psi, THE
DIAMETER OF THE CYLINDRICAL VESSEL 13 2.5 +1 WITH
AN ALLOWABLE STESS OF (0000 psi.

2 •Sf•e

REQ I D MIN

SOLUTION
TANGENTIAL

10000 psi 1300 psi (2 5fi)

O. l(p25f-t X 12
t = 1•95 in

* LONGITUDINAL

1300 (C,5f+)
10000 psi
O .ÖR125-fO x 12 in
O.qg in
USE t l, q5 in
SU M MIA
MIN I •q 5 In
4 A WATER TANK 15 MADE FROM OS In• STEEL PLATE
AND HAS A DIAMETER OF 206 CALCULATE THE
MAXIMUM HEIGHT TO WHICH THE TANK MAY E
FILLED IF THE GIRTH STRESS IS NOT TO EXCEED
3000 psi THE WATER HAS SPECIFIC WEIGHT OF $2 4 lb/ft3

20 f0 O .5jn

1-40

RECD h
SOLUTION
0-0
p
h

2P- eDh
e =SPECIFIC WEIGHT x h
e: 62 q L'(h)
FROM 5T

500 —
1b
0.5 in(h
P: 2500 lb/in (h)
FROM 2P pDh

2 ( 2500 lb/in x 12in/f+)(h)

02 , q lb/f+3 (h) x 20 •Q

SUM M
5 THE SHOWN 15 FABRICATED USING A STEEL PLATE
1/1,OF AN INCH THICK. DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM
TANGENTIAL AND LONGITUDINAL STRESSES DEVELOPED
CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL PRESSURE OF 130 psi.

Il
.1.5f±

SOL UT10N
TANGENTIAL

Yum 3 5 ft

2P = (130

P: 2 i 30 (L)
in
 2i30 lb/in (L)
380 psi
IQ. ag Ksi

LONGITUDINAL

eAF

p: 130 in 1
x IL L x 1 +
P- 8qzqo. q} 1b / in

lb/ih
2fCx12 2f±X12 LZ +
5121.$ psi
s. 12 Hsi

SUMMARY
K5i
12
(0 THE TANK SHOWN IN FIGURE 15 FABRICATED FROM
A STEEL PLATE. WHAT MINIMUM THICKNESS OF PLATE
MAY BE USED IF ALLOWABLE STRESS Is 15kSl AND
THE INTERNAL PRESSURE IS 125 psi

SOLUTION
TANGENrlAL
p

125 1b 12L

2625 (L)
in
 15 X103PSl -
2GZ5 lb/in (L)

o. lg in
* LONGITUDINAL

2fł

p eAf
p: 12$ lb (15€ Q+ć X 12in/f-ŁX 1.566 X Izin/ff
4
P- lb/in

CL p / Ap
in
15x 103psi: t 2€ x12)nF+
(fixlSfł +
0-05 in
USE O •łgjn

t: 0-12 in