steel cylindrical air receiver with 5 ft. diameter and pressure load of 180 psi, design stress of 9500 psimaximum. The pressure vessel is to be provided with 1 ½ in. diameter drain valve installed at the bottomof the vessel and safety pressure relief valve installed either at the topmost or at the side with pop-outrating of 200 psi. Assume a 100% weld joint efficiency. The lap welding tensile strength is 65,000 psi.Determine the bursting pressure of this air

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A steel cylindrical air receiver with 5 ft. diameter and pressure load of 180 psi, design stress of 9500 psimaximum. The pressure vessel is to be provided with 1 ½ in. diameter drain valve installed at the bottomof the vessel and safety pressure relief valve installed either at the topmost or at the side with pop-outrating of 200 psi. Assume a 100% weld joint efficiency. The lap welding tensile strength is 65,000 psi.Determine the bursting pressure of this air receiver 

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