Tutorial Sheet 06
Topic: Composite Thick Cylinder
Q1. A cylindrical pressure vessel has inner and outer radii of 200 mm and 250 mm respectively.
The material of the cylinder has an allowable normal stress of 75 MPa. Determine maximum
internal pressure that can be applied and draw a sketch of the radial pressure and
circumferential stress distribution.
Solution 01
Q2. A compound cylinder is formed by shrinking a tube of 250 mm inside diameter and 300
mm outside diameter onto another smaller tube of 200 mm inside diameter and 250 mm outside
diameter (nominal dimensions). Both tubes are manufactured from steel. The interference
pressure at the junction is 10 MPa. If the compound cylinder is then subjected to an internal
pressure of 80 MPa, calculate the hoop stress distribution and shrinkage/ interference
allowance.
Solution 2
Topic: Thick Cylinders
Problem 01: A compound tube is made by shrinking one tube of 100 mm internal
diameter and 25 mm wall thickness onto another tube of 100 mm external
diameter and 25 mm wall thickness. The shrinkage allowance, based on radius, is
0.01 mm. If both tubes are of steel (with E = 208 GN/m2), calculate the radial
pressure set up at the junction owing to shrinkage.
Problem 02: An external pressure of 10 MN/m2 is applied to a thick cylinder of
internal diameter 160 mm and external diameter 320 mm. If the maximum hoop
stress permitted on the inside wall of the cylinder is limited to 30 MN/m2, what
maximum internal pressure can be applied assuming the cylinder has closed ends?
What will be the change in outside diameter when this pressure is applied? E =
207 GN/m2, v = 0.29.