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________________?

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The LMTD correction factor (FT) is defined as the __________________?

A. Ratio of true temperature difference to the LMTD B. Ratio of LMTD to the true temperature difference C. Differenced of true temperature difference and the LMTD D. Geometric mean of the true temperature difference and the LMTD...

Log mean temperature difference in case of multi-pass shell and tube heat exchanger is always_________________?

A. Less than arithmetic mean value B. More than arithmetic mean value C. More than geometric mean value D. Both B. & C....

Poisson’s ratio of a material is the ratio of unit lateral strain to the unit axial elongation within its elastic limit. The value of Poisson’s ratio for structural and pressure vessel steel may be taken as ____________________?

A. 0.01 B. 0.3 C. 0.75 D. 0.95...

A pressure vessel is said to be made of ‘thick’ shell, if the ratio of its diameter to wall thickness is_______________?

A. < 10 B. > 10 C. > 20 D. < 20...

A pipe is generally made of circular cross-section, because a circular cross-section has the____________________?

A. Higher structural strength B. Lowest surface area requirement for a given volume C. Both A. & B. D. None of these...