The ends of a cylindrical vessel can be closed by a head, which can be one of the four shapes. For the same thickness, choose the one which can withstand the highest pressure ?

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1. A cylindrical pressure vessel of volume 6 πm3 has to be designed to withstand a maximum internal pressure of 10 atm. The allowable design stress of the material is 125N/mm2 and corrosion allowance is 2 mm. The thickness of the vessel for a length/diameter ratio of 3 will be close to________________?

   A. 5 mm
   B. 6 mm
   C. 8 mm
   D. 10 mm

2. For a cylindrical vessel of moderate height, the weld joint efficiency for joints parallel to the cylindrical axis is given as 1.0; while for joints along the girth (circumference) it is given as 0.8. In calculating the shell wall thickness using code formula for an internally pressurised cylindrical vessel, what value of weld joint efficiency should be used ?

   A. 0.8
   B. 0.9
   C. 1.0
   D. (0.8)0.5

3. For a cylindrical internally pressurised vessel, which of the following closure types would withstand highest pressure, if each closure is of the same material and thickness ?

   A. Hemispherical
   B. Ellipsoidal (2 : 1)
   C. Conical
   D. Flat plate

4. The wall thickness of thin cylindrical shell with hemispherical ends is ______________ that of the spherical ends?

   A. Equal to
   B. More than
   C. Less than
   D. Either B. or C.; depends on maximum permissible internal pressure

5. Normally, the plate thickness of the bottoms and roofs of vertically cylindrical storage vessels as compared to that of the cylindrical shell is____________?

   A. More
   B. Less
   C. Same
   D. More or less depending upon the pressure & temperature inside the vessel and the nature of
   the fluid contained therein

6. For a cylindrical shell, (subject to the thickness of uppermost course being more than the minimum for dia of the tank in question), the thickness of the courses of shell_________________?

   A. Decreases upwards
   B. Increases upwards
   C. Remains same throughout
   D. May decrease or increase upwards depending upon whether vacuum or positive pressure
   would be maintained inside the shell

7. The longitudinal stress induced in a thin walled cylindrical vessel under internal pressure is_________________?

   A. pd/2t
   B. pd/4t
   C. pd/t
   D. pd/8t

8. Circumferential (hoop) stress in a thin cylindrical vessel under internal pressure is _____________ the longitudinal stress?

   A. Half
   B. Equal to
   C. Twice
   D. Eight times

9. The circumferential (hoop) stress in a thin walled cylindrical vessel under internal pressure is______________________?

   A. pd/2t
   B. pd/4t
   C. pd/t
   D. pd/3t

10. In a cylindrical vessel subjected to internal pressure, the longitudinal stress ζL and the circumferential stress, ζn are related by___________________?

    A. ζh = 2 ζL
    B. ζh = ζL
    C. ζh = ζL/2
    D. No relation exists