Thin-walled spherical vessel

Consider a spherical vessel with mean radius R and wall thickness t R loaded by an internal
pressure p . The membrane stresses on the vessel surface are

The corresponding strains are

1

, where

,
2

R
.
2t

where

The changes in radius and wall thickness are

R 1 R
t 2 t .
and
The corresponding change of the volume of the vessel interior is
4
4
4
3
V R R R3 3 1 V0 ,
V0 R3 .
3
3
3
The of the volume of the material in the spherical wall is
Vm tr Vm 2 1 2 Vm , Vm 4 R 2 t .
Thin-walled cylindrical vessel
Consider a cylindrical vessel with mean radius R , length , and wall thickness t R, loaded by
an internal pressure p . The membrane stresses on the vessel surface are

where p .
t 2 ,
2t

0
0
The corresponding strains are
a t
1 2
a

t a
2
t

3
a t
where
The changes in radius, length, and wall thickness are
R t R ,
a ,
t 3 t .
and
The corresponding change of the volume of the vessel interior is
2
V R R R 2 2 t a V0 ,
V0 R 2 .
The of the volume of the material in the cylindrical wall is
Vm 2 R t .
Vm tr Vm a t 3 Vm ,

,
3