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The document provides solutions to three questions related to stress analysis in thick-walled cylinders and rubber balloons. It includes formulas for calculating axial stress under different pressure conditions and determines maximum shear stress for a given cylinder under internal pressure. Additionally, it discusses the deformation of a rubber balloon when inflated, applying principles of elasticity.

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Solutions Tutorial 3

The document provides solutions to three questions related to stress analysis in thick-walled cylinders and rubber balloons. It includes formulas for calculating axial stress under different pressure conditions and determines maximum shear stress for a given cylinder under internal pressure. Additionally, it discusses the deformation of a rubber balloon when inflated, applying principles of elasticity.

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Tutorial 3 Solutions

Question 1
(a) Develop a formula to calculate the axial stress in the thick-walled cylinder with wall thickness
t, internal radius ri, and external radius ro under external pressure Po, while Pi =0.
(b) Compare the axial stress in (a) with the axial stress when the same cylinder is under internal
pressure pi equal to Po in (a), and the external pressure Po = 0.

Compressive stress
Question 2
A cylinder with a 0.30 m inner diameter and a 0.40 m outer diameter is internally pressurized to
100 MPa. Determine the maximum shear stress at the outer surface of the cylinder.

Solution: ri = 0.3/2 = .015 m, ro = 0.4/2 = 0.2 m then the wall thickness t is 0.2-0.15 = 0.05 m, and t/ri =
0.05/0.15 = 0.33 suggests that thick walled cylinder theory holds. Therefore, thick walled cylinder
equations can be used for , r, and l.
The maximum shear stress is, max = (1 - 3)/2.
Therefore, setting r = ro,

Since 1 > 2 > 3, the principal stresses are 1 = 257:1 MPa, 2 = 128:6 MPa and 3 = 0. Therefore, the
maximum shear stress is

Question 3
A rubber balloon has the shape of a cylinder with spherical ends. At low pressure, the cylindrical
part is 300 mm long with a diameter of 20 mm. The rubber material has a constant thickness and
is linearly elastic. How long will the cylindrical part of the balloon be when it is inflated to a
diameter of 100 mm? Assume that the rubber’s modulus of elasticity is constant and that the
Poisson’s ratio is 0.5.

Solution: It will be assumed that the thickness, though not specified, is small enough to allow the approximation of
a thin-walled pressure vessel. Therefore, the stresses in the hoop and axial directions will be considered. The stress
is related to the strain in the radial direction is equal to zero since we are dealing with a thin walled cylinder. Then

1 =

2 =

The strain 1 occurs in the -direction and is


In the other principal direction

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