The Stresses in Closed Cylindrical Vessels: An Extension of a Previous Paper Deriving Expressions for Bending Moment and Shearing Force in Cylindrical Vessels subject to Gas Pressure

IN a previous paper (AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, Vol. XIX, February 1947, pp. 52–4) expressions were derived for the maximum bending moment and shearing force in vessels closed at one end and subjected internally to (a) gas pressure, (b) hydrostatic pressure. The method of solution has been extended in this paper to include the cases of cylindrical vessels, closed at both ends by flat plates or hemispherical shells and subjected to gas pressure.