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Pressure container thickness

Pressure container thickness

Pressure container thickness

(OP)
Does anybody have the formula that tells the relation between pressure and contianer wall thickness?

itbt
24/10/02

RE: Pressure container thickness

Refer to your books on "pressure vessels".

It's a lot of Formulas to type out.

RE: Pressure container thickness

(OP)
Thank you very much.

RE: Pressure container thickness

Look in the site below, under Vessels->ASME I : there are some calculations forms you could find useful for building some figures.

prex

http://www.xcalcs.com
Online tools for structural design

RE: Pressure container thickness

There is no accurate short answer to your thickness versus pressure question. Thickness depends on factors other than pressure such as material strength, diameter, corrosion allowance and the best bet if you are concerned with a pressure vessel/pipe whatever is to use the correct national design code such as ASME VIII Div 1. However for a quick and simple check on vessel with a thin wall relative to diameter,  t = Pressure*Diameter/(2*material strength). Be aware that the material strength used in the aforementioned code is only about 1/4 of the actual ultimate tensile strenght of the material. Yes, pressure design is conservative for many good reasons!

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