- 2069 Asar · 6 marks
Thin cylindrical shell: change in length and diameter
Short answer
Hoop stress 12.5 N/mm², longitudinal 6.25 N/mm². Hoop strain 5.18×10⁻⁵ gives δd = 0.00078 mm; longitudinal strain 1.22×10⁻⁵ gives δL = 0.049 mm (both increases).
A thin cylindrical shell 4m long and thickness 1.5cm is of 1.5cm internal diameter. Calculate the change in length and diameter if the shell is subjected to an internal pressure of . and poisson's ratio = 0.3.
Data (as given): mm, mm, mm, , , .
Stresses
Strains
Changes
Answer (data as given): and (both increases).
Note: with the shell is not really thin, so the thin-shell formulas are only approximate here. If the internal diameter was meant to be 150 mm, the same method gives , , mm and mm.
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