Cylindrical Pressure Vessels

examples

e.g. compressed air tanks, rocket motors, fire extinguishers, spray cans, propane tanks, grain silos, pressurized pipes

Photos taken by Sarah Parrott in Pascagoula, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama on August 9, 2005

source Rutt's Hut "Ripper"  (1,2,3)

  

stress distribution

see M14.2

circumferential or hoop stress, σ₁
longitudinal or axial stress, σ₂

σ1 = pr / t σ2 = pr / 2t σ3 = 0

(τmax)x = pr / 2t (τmax)y = pr / 4t (τmax)z = pr / 4t (τmax)abs = pr / 2t