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How do I calculate the weight of a 2:1 eliptical head if I know the wall thickness and cylinder diameter?
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2:1 eliptical head
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You look it up. Or you can integrate to find the area, but that gets messy. "Steel Plate Engineering Data" by American Iron and Steel Institute gives the 1.084 D^2 formula. Head catalogs will give the weight directly if it's a standard size head. I assume the various pressure vessel handbooks would have the area factors also.
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