M E 360: Project 1 Michael Kinney

Dan McCormick
T.J. Kupetz
Hand Calculations: Pressure vessel with NO inlet hole.
𝑷𝒓 𝑷𝒓
𝝈𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒑 = 𝟐𝒕
; 𝝈𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒂𝒍 = 𝒕
were used to calculate the hoop and axial stresses. Radius of the tank was
obtained using the formula for volume vs. energy stored for a pressure vessel.

The von Mises stress at a given point was calculated with:

𝝈′ = 𝝈𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝟐 + 𝝈𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒑 𝟐 − 𝝈𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝝈𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒑

Note: since we were given a factor of safety of 2, and the loading was type III, we had to use
given material properties to iteratively solve for the thickness of the tank. This was done in
MATLAB:

while FOS3 <= 2

t=t+.0001;
count=count+1;

%von Mises Calculation

sigma_long=P*r/t;
sigma_hoop=P*r/(2*t);
von_Mises=(sigma_long^2+sigma_hoop^2-sigma_hoop*sigma_long)^(1/2);
FOS3=(Sf*Sut)/((von_Mises*Sut)+(von_Mises*Sf));

end

This incremented thickness by 0.1mm until the factor of safety reached 2.0. The optimal thickness was
found to be 2.6mm.

Going back to the hoop and axial stresses with this thickness, the von Mises stress was calculated to be
51.79 Mpa.

SolidWorks confirmed our hand calculations (see attached figure).

Our final values for Length, Radius, and Tank thickness are as follows:

Tank length (end-to-end): 2.073m

Tank radius (all round parts): 0.3455m
Tank thickness (uniform): 2.6mm

To reinforce the tank by the inlet hole, we gradually increased the thickness (from the body of the tank
moving towards the end where the hole was) from 2.6mm to 3.5mm. This drastically reduced the stress
in the inlet hole, so the factor of safety remained the same as it was without the hole.