Design of Pressure Vessels detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering Sandwich (Mech Sandwich) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech Sandwich students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION I pROGHSS THROUGH KNOWtEQGF I 9
Methods for determining stresses – Terminology and Ligament Efficiency – Applications
Unit II
STRESSES IN PRESSURE VESSELS 9
Introduction – Stresses in a circular ring, cylinder -Dilation of pressure vessels, Membrane stress Analysis of Vessel – Cylindrical, spherical and, conical heads – Thermal Stresses – Discontinuity stresses in pressure vessels.
Unit III
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Unit IV
BUCKLING AND FRACTURE ANALYSIS IN VESSELS 9
Buckling phenomenon – Elastic Buckling of circular ring and cylinders under external pressure -collapse of thick walled cylinders or tubes under external pressure – Effect of supports on Elastic Buckling of Cylinders – Buckling under combined External pressure and axial loading.
Unit V
PIPING 9
Introduction – Flow diagram – piping layout and piping stress Analysis.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Explain Methods for determining stresses Terminology and Ligament Efficiency, Applications
- Analyse stress in pressure vessels
- Design and analysis of pressure vessels.
- Analysis of buckling and fracture analysis in vessels
- Design and analysis piping layout and piping.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Henry H. Bedner, “Pressure Vessels, Design Hand Book”, CBS publishers and Distributors,1987.
- Stanley, M. Wales, “Chemical process equipment, selection and Design”. Buterworths series in Chemical Engineering, 1988.
- William. J., Bees, “Approximate Methods in the Design and Analysis of Pressure Vessels and Piping”, Pre ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, 1997.
- Sam Kannapan, “Introduction to Pipe Stress Analysis”. John Wiley and Sons, 1985.
- Theory and design of Pressure Vessels (Pb 2001)by HARVEY J.F. | 1 January 2001
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