TUTORIAL SHEET 04
TOPIC: CYLINDER WITH HEMISPHERICAL ENDS
Q1. A thin bronze cylinder of 250 mm internal diameter and 6 mm thick is wound with a single
layer of 1.5-mm-thick steel tape under a tensile stress of 100 N/mm2. Find the maximum
internal pressure if the hoop stress in the cylinder is not to exceed 50 N/mm2. Determine also
the tensile stress in steel tape. For bronze E = 117N/mm2, v = 0 33 and for steel E = 208kN/mm2.
Solution 1
Q2. A 15-cm-long bronze tube with closed ends has a diameter of 75 mm and a wall thickness of 3 mm.
With no internal pressure, the tube just fits between the two rigid end walls. Calculate the longitudinal
and tangential stresses in the cylinder for an internal pressure of 2.5N/mm2. E = 100 kN/mm2, µ = 0.32.
Solution 02
Q3. A cylindrical shell 1m in diameter and 3m in length has a metal thickness of 10 mm. If it is subjected
to an internal pressure of 3 N/mm2, determine the change in length, change in diameter and change in
volume.
Take E=2x105 N/mm2 and Poisson’s ratio=0.3
Solution 03.
Q4. A thin cylinder steel vessel has hemispherical ends. The overall length of the vessel is 500 mm.
The outside diameter of the cylinder is 100 mm with thickness of metal 5 mm. Calculate the change in
volume of the vessel, when it is subjected to internal pressure of 15 MPa.
Take E = 200 Gpa; Poission’s ratio = 0.3
Solution 04