A seamless pipe having a diameter of 600 mm and thickness of 9 mm, contain the fluid under a pressure of 4 MPa, find the longitudinal stress developed in the pipe.

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  1. 77.7 Mpa
  2. 88.8 Mpa
  3. 66.6 Mpa
  4. 133.3 Mpa

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Option 3 : 66.6 Mpa
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Concept:

By thin-walled cylinder, we mean that the thickness ‘t' is very much smaller than the radius Ri and we may quantify this by stating that the ratio t / Ri of the thickness of radius should be less than 0.1.

In a thin shell circumferential stress is \({\sigma _c} = \frac{{Pd}}{{2t}}\;\) and

Longitudinal stress will be half of the circumferential stress i.e. \({\sigma _l} = \frac{{Pd}}{{4t}}\).

where p is the pressure, t is the thickness of cylinder, d is the diameter of the cylinder

Calculation:

Given:

p = 4 MPa, t = 9 mm and d = 600 mm.

Longitudinal stress

\({\sigma _l} = \frac{{Pd}}{{4t}}\)

\({\sigma _l} = \frac{{4\times 600}}{{4\times 9}} =66.66~MPa\)

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Hoop stress

\({\sigma _h} = \frac{{Pd}}{{2t}} = {\sigma _1}\)

Hoop strain

\({\epsilon_h} = \frac{{Pd}}{{4tE}}\left( {2 - \mu } \right)\)

Longitudinal stress

\({\sigma _L} = \frac{{Pd}}{{4t}} = {\sigma _2} = \frac{{{\sigma _1}}}{2}\)

Longitudinal strain

\({\epsilon_L} = \frac{{Pd}}{{4tE}}\left( {1 - 2\mu } \right) = \frac{{{\sigma _2}}}{E}\left( {1 - 2\mu } \right)\)

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