Strength of Materials: Unit V: Thin Cylinders, Spheres and Thick Cylinders

Thin spherical shells

Thin Cylinders, Spheres and Thick Cylinders - Strength of Materials

A thin spherical shell of internal diameter d and wall thickness 't' subjected to an internal fluid pressure 'p' as shown in Fig.5.5.

THIN SPHERICAL SHELLS

A thin spherical shell of internal diameter d and wall thickness 't' subjected to an internal fluid pressure 'p' as shown in Fig.5.5. The spherical shell wall to fail along the circumferential area as shown in the Fig., breaking into two hemisphere.


The bursting force acting along the center of the sphere

F = Intensity of stress × Area of cross section


Resisting area of cross section = лd × t


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