Purpose of calculation:

Calculate stress in thin-walled pressure vessels.

Calculation Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_vessel

Calculation Validation
Checked formula against reference material.

internal gage pressure

p= 0.3 MPa

radius
r= 300 mm

wall thickness
t= 3 mm

Thin wall approximation vailidity check (r>=20t)

OK ###
Spherical Vessel
hoop stress
θ= ###
###
MPa = pr [Eqn. 1] sq r
2t
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P

Cylindrical Vessel
hoop stress
θ= ###
###
MPa = pr [Eqn. 2]
t
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stress in the longitudinal direction
σl = ###
###
MPa = pr [Eqn. 3]
2t r
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sl P

sq
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Calculation Reference

Calculation Validation
Purpose of calculation:

Calculation Reference

Calculation Validation r

sl P

sq
x along length
0

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