(1) A cylindrical tank is required to contain a gage pressure 630 kPa. The tank is to be made of A5 steel with a maximum allowable normal stress of 150 MPa. If the inner diameter of the tank is what is the minimum thickness of the wall? a. 11.76 mm b. 5.88 mm c. 11760 mm d. 0.0058
(1) A cylindrical tank is required to contain a gage pressure 630 kPa. The tank is to be made of A5 steel with a maximum allowable normal stress of 150 MPa. If the inner diameter of the tank is what is the minimum thickness of the wall? a. 11.76 mm b. 5.88 mm c. 11760 mm d. 0.0058
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(1) A cylindrical tank is required to contain a gage pressure 630 kPa. The tank is to be made of A516 Grade 60
steel with a maximum allowable normal stress of 150 MPa. If the inner diameter of the tank is 2.8 m.
what is the minimum thickness of the wall?
a. 11.76 mm
b. 5.88 mm
c. 11760 mm
d. 0.00588 mm
(2) A cylindrical tank is made of A516 Grade 60 steel with a maximum allowable normal stress of 150 MPa. If
the inner diameter of the tank is 4.1 m and the thickness is 1.5 cm. What is the maximum allowable gage
pressure?
a. 1.097 MPa
b. 549 kPa
c. 109.76 MPa
d. 109.76 kPa
(3) A spherical pressure vessel is required to contain 1.4 m³ of compressed natural gas at 21 MPa. If the tank
is made of A516 Grade 60 steel with a maximum normal stress 150 MPa. What is the required thickness of
the tank wall?
a. 97.16 mm
b. 9.716 mm
c. 4.858 cm
d. 53.47 mm
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