A.R.

ENGINEERING COLLEGE
UNIT-5
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
PART A
1. Define Thin Cylinder or Sphere.
2. What are the different types of stresses in cylinder?
3. Define Hoop Stress.
4. Define longitudinal stress
5. Define Oblique.
6. In a thin cylinder will the radial stress vary over the thickness of wall?
7. What do you understand by the term wire winding of thin cylinder?
8. What is the effect of riveting a thin cylindrical shell?
9. Differentiate between thin cylinder and thick cylinder.
10. What are assumptions involved in the analysis of thin cylindrical shells?
11. List out the modes of failure in thin cylindrical shell due to an internal pressure

PART-B
1. A cylindrical shell 800 mm in diameter, 3 m long is having 10 mm metal thickness. If the shell is
subjected to an internal process of 2.5 N/mm 2. (i) the change in diameter (ii) the change in length and (iii)
the change in volume. Assume the modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio of the material of the shell as
200 KN/mm2 and 0.25 respectively. (Apr/May 2011)

2. A cylindrical vessel 2 m long and 500 mm in diameter with 10 mm thick plates is subjected to an internal
pressure of 3 Mpa. Calculate the change in volume of the vessel. Take E = 200 Gpa and Poisson’s ratio =
0.3 for the vessel material. (Apr/May 2010)

3. A spherical shell of 2 m diameter is made up of 10 mm thick plates. Calculate the change in diameter and
volume of the shell, when it is subjected to an internal pressure of 1.6 Mpa. Take E = 200 Gpa and 1/m =
0.3. (Apr/May 2010)

4. A cylindrical shell is 1.5 m diameter and 4 m long closed at both ends is subjected to internal pressure of
3 N/mm2. Maximum circumferential stress is not to exceed 150 N/mm 2.Find changes in diameter, length and
volume of the cylinder. E = 2 x 105 N/mm2, Poisson’s ratio = 0.25. (May/June 2009)

5. A cylindrical shell 3 m long which is closed at the ends, has an internal diameter of 1 m and a wall
thickness of 15 mm. Calculate the circumferential and longitudinal stresses. And find the changes in
dimensions of the shell, if it is subjected to an internal pressure of 1.5 Mpa. Take E = 200 Gpa and 1/m =
0.3. (Nov/Dec’2008)

6. A cylinder has an internal diameter of 230 mm, wall thickness 5 mm and is 1 m long. It is found to change
in internal volume by 12 x 10-6 m3 when filled with a liquid at a pressure ‘p’. Taking E = 200 Gpa and
Poisson’s ratio = 0.25, determine the stresses in the cylinder, the changes in its length and internal diameter.
(Apr/May 2008)
7. A cylindrical vessel 2 m long and 500 mm in diameter with 10 mm thick plates is subjected to an internal
pressure of 2 Mpa. Calculate the change in volume of the vessel. Take E = 200 Gpa and Poisson’s ratio =
0.3 for the vessel material. (Nov/Dec’2007)

8. A cylindrical shell 3 m long which is closed at the ends, has an internal diameter of 1 m and a wall
thickness of 20 mm. Calculate the circumferential and longitudinal stresses induced and also changes in the
dimensions of the shell., if it is subjected to an internal pressure of 2 N/mm 2. Take E = 2 x 105 N/mm2 and
1/m = 0.3. (May/June 2007)

9. A cylindrical shell 3 m long which is closed at the ends has an internal diameter 1 m and wall thickness of
15 mm. Calculate the change in dimensions and change in volume if the internal pressure is 1.5 N/mm 2 . E =
2 x 105 N/mm2 and µ = 0.3. (Nov/Dec’2006)

10. A steel cylinder shell 3 m long which is closed at its ends, had an internal diameter of 1.5 m and a wall
thickness of 20 mm. Calculate the circumferential and longitudinal stress induced and also the change in
dimensions of the shell if it is subjected to an internal pressure of 1.0 N/mm 2. Assume the modulus of
elasticity and Poisson’s ratio for steel as 200 K N/mm2 and 0.3 respectively. (May/June 2006)