TOPIC

Strength of Materials

QUESTION

A 1-meter diameter steel cylindrical tank used to store propane at high pressure.  If the allowable stress of steel is 100 MPa and the propane is stored at a pressure of 1000 kPa, the minimum thickness in mm of the tank most nearly is

5.0

7.5

10

20

HINT

This question of the day was provided by the courtesy of  Professor Glen Besterfield of the University of South Florida from the book FE Practice Exam With Complete Solutions