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PROBLEM (9.16) A thin-walled cylindrical pressure vessel of radius r = 0.4 m and wall thickness
t = 8 mm has a welded spiral seam at an angle of φ =60o with the axial direction. The shell is subjected
to an internal pressure of p pascals and an axial tensile load of P = 10π kN applied through rigid end
plates. Calculate the permissible value p if the allowable normal and shear stresses acting simultaneously
in the plane of welding are not to exceed σ all = 25 and τ all = -10 MPa, respectively.

SOLUTION
60o
P P
θ = 60 + 90 = 150 o
σt =
pr A = 2π rt
t p (400)
x' σ y = σt = = 50 p
P pr 8
θ σx = +
A 2t
x
y'

10π × 103 p (400)

σx = + = 1.5625 × 106 + 25 p
2π (0.4 × 0.008) 2(8)
Equations(8.4):
p p
σ x ' = 25 × 106 = (25 + 50) + (25 − 50) cos 300o
2 2
1.5625 6 1.5625 6
+ (10 ) + (10 ) cos 300o
2 2
p = 0.763 MPa
p 1.5625 6
τ x ' y ' = −10 × 106 = − (25 − 50) sin 300o − (10 ) sin 300o
2 2
p = 0.986 MPa
Thus, pall = 763 kPa

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