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Mechanical Design of Process Equipment - Vessel #1 PDF
Mechanical Design of Process Equipment - Vessel #1 PDF
Mechanical Design of Process Equipment - Vessel #1 PDF
σ : normal stress
τ : shear stress
• The maximum shear stress at the point is equal to half the
algebraic difference between the principal stresses:
The maximum shear stress will depend on the sign of the principal
stresses as well as their magnitude, and in a two-dimensional stress
system, such as that in the wall of a thin-walled pressure vessel, the
maximum value of the shear stress may be that given by putting σ3 = 0
in eqn. 13.3b and c.