PRESSURE VESSEL
1. Find the thickness of a metal needed in the A. 7,642.84 psi C. 5,284.67 psi
6. Determine the thickness of a steel air
semi spherical end of cylindrical vessel B. 6,466.24 psi D. 8,833.02 psi
receiver with 30 inches diameter and
0.70 meter in diameter subjected to an
pressure load of 120 psi with a design
internal pressure of 2.7 N/mm2. The tensile
stress of 8,000 psi.
stress is 69 N/mm2.
A. ¼ in C. 3/8 in
A. 5.2 mm C. 6.02 mm
B. 5/8 in D. ½ in
B. 7.53 mm D. 6.85 mm
7. A spherical shell of 1.8 m outside diameter
2. A cylindrical tank with 10 inches inside
and 1.725 m inside diameter contains
diameter contains oxygen gas at 2,500 psi.
helium at a pressure of 10.4 MPa. Compute
Calculate the required wall thickness in
the stress in the shell.
millimeter under stress of 28,000 psi.
A. 124.08 MPa C. 96.48 MPa
A. 10.54 mm C. 11.34 mm
B. 119.06 MPa D. 88.46 MPa
B. 10.24 mm D. 12.44 mm
8. A steel tank has an inside diameter of 3 m
3. Determine the bursting steam pressure of
and 6 m high contains gasoline with a
a steel shell with a diameter of 10 inches relative density of
and made of ¼ inch thick plate. The joint 0.75. Determine the wall thickness
efficiency is at 70% and the tensile required if the allowable tangential stress
strength is 60 ksi. is 25,000 kPa.
A. 4,020 psi C. 4,002 psi A. 2.65 mm C. 3.27 mm
B. 2,400 psi D. 4,200 psi B. 1.44 mm D. 4.23 mm
4. Determine the safe wall thickness of a 30 9. A cylindrical tank has an inside diameter of
inches steel tank with internal pressure of 5 inches and is subjected to an internal
7.82 MPa. The yield strength of material is pressure of 500 psi. If maximum stress is
at 275.48 MPa. The factor of safety to use 1,200 psi, determine the required
is 2.0. thickness.
A. ¾ in C. 23.4 cm A. 1.195 in C. 1.395 in
B. 21.63 mm D. 5/8 in B. 1.595 in D. 1.795 in
5. Compute the safe wall thickness of a 76.2 10. A cylinder having an internal diameter of
cm diameter steel tank. The tank is 16 inches and external diameter of 26
subjected to 7.33 MPa pressure and the inches is subjected to 1,500 psi external
steel material has a yield stress of 215.4 pressure and internal pressure of 9,000
MPa. The factor of safety to use is 3. psi. Determine the hoop stress on the
outer surface of the cylinder.
A. 1 ½ in C. 3.89 cm
B. 4.09 cm D. 3.69 cm
11. A cylindrical tank has a mean radius of 40
cm and thickness of 10 cm. It is subjected
to an external pressure of 140 kg/cm 2 and
maximum internal pressure is 900 kg/cm 2.
Determine the maximum internal
tangential stress of the tank.
A. 3,884.7 kg/cm2 C. 1.7684 kg/cm2
B. 4,623.6 kg/cm2 D. 2,947.5 kg/cm2
12. The internal pressure of a 400 mm inside
diameter cylindrical tank is 10 MPa and the
wall thickness is 25 mm. Determine the
stress developed if the joint efficiency is
95%.
A. 36.8 MPa C. 48.2 MPa
B. 24.8 MPa D. 84.2 MPa
13. A spherical tank has a diameter of 10 m. If
the tensile stress of the tank is 16 MPa, find
the maximum internal pressure that the
tank can carry if the wall thickness is 25.4
mm.
A. 315.2 kPa C. 264.3 MPa
B. 162.6 kPa D. 143.2kPa
14. A thick wall cylinder has 50 mm thick and
internal diameter of 300 mm. If stress is
limited to 30 MPa, determine the maximum
internal pressure.
A. 8.1 MPa C. 8.3 MPa
B. 8.2 MPa D. 8.4 MPa
15. The cylinder of a hydraulic press is made
up of thick-walled cylinder having an inside
diameter of 300 mm. It is subjected to an
internal pressure of 40 MPa Determine the
thickness of the cylinder without exceeding
a shearing stress of 80 MPa.
A. 109.81 mm C. 95.56 mm
B. 75 mm D. 120.71 mm
