Strength of Materials

QUESTIONS

1. How are thin and thick cylinders classified? Give example.
2. Derive expressions for hoop and longitudinal stresses in thin cylindrical shells.
3. How do you estimate the change in dimensions of a thin cylinder subjected to an internal pressure? How the volumetric strain computed?
4. Give the design steps of a thin cylindrical shell.
5. How do you estimate the volumetric strain in a thin spherical shell subjected to an internal pressure? How it is changed considering radial stress?
6. Compare (i) the maximum tensile stresses and (ii) the proportional increase in volume of a thin cylinder and a thin spherical shell having the same internal pressure.
7. A cylindrical vessel of 1 m diameter and 2.5 m long is closed with rigid end plates and subjected to ...