Strength of Materials - Pressure Vessels
GATE Mechanical Engineering · 2 questions across 2 years (2018-2026) · 5% recurrence rate
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med 50%
hard 50%
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NAT2
All 2 questions on Strength of Materials - Pressure Vessels
2026 Q51
A cylindrical pressure vessel made of steel has diameter of 3 m and wall thickness of 15 mm. For steel, Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio are 210 GPa and 0.3, respectively. The cylinder is designed such that the allowa...
Med✓
2018 Q37
A thin-walled cylindrical can with rigid end caps has a mean radius R = 100 mm and a wall thickness of t=5 mm. The can is pressurized and an additional tensile stress of 50 MPa is imposed along the axial direction as sho...
Hard✓📊