303-Pressure Vessels - Thin and Thick-Walled Stress Analysis

By: James Doane, P.E. PhD

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Course Objective

This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description

303-Pressure Vessels - Thin and Thick-Walled Stress Analysis

Pressure vessels are very common in industry with examples such as pipes, water towers, hydraulic cylinders, and boilers. It is important for engineers to understand stresses developed in pressure vessels when subjected to internal or external pressure loads. This course provides a general introduction to understanding stresses in thin-walled and thick-walled pressure vessels. Though some theory is provided, the course focuses on applications of stress equations. Failure theories are discussed for brittle and ductile materials. The failure theories are used to discuss design of pressure vessels.

A general understanding of mechanics of materials is required for this course. Equations of stress and strain are used to develop equations for pressure vessels. Concepts of principal stresses are used for failure theories.

This course covers the basic stress analysis of pressure vessels and does not cover specific design codes for pressure vessels due to the vast types of applications. The reader should consult any appropriate codes, such as ASME Code Section VIII, for more details.

Questions about this course? Email the Author: jdoane229@gmail.com

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Review of: Pressure Vessels

Larry Anderlini

06/08/2022

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This course was challenging since it dealt with details in the explanation of the material and not just an overview. I found it to be a good challenge.

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Review of: Pressure Vessels

Charles Allan Sudholt

11/17/2021

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The course materials were well organized and explained. Even though I did not receive a perfect score on the exam, I learned a lot, especially about thick-walled pressure vessels.

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DAVID STROUD

03/25/2021

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Very good course.

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Otto R Gonzalez Blanco

02/25/2021

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Excellent, reviewed many theories.

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303-Pressure Vessels - Thin and Thick-Walled Stress Analysis

Juan Manzano-Ruiz

08/06/2020

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Excellent course. Direct to the important points and very well written in a simple manner.

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303-Pressure Vessels - Thin and Thick-Walled Stress Analysis

Robert Wooten

12/19/2019

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Good course. I hadn't thought about thick-walled pressure vessels in many years. There was enough work in this that it could have rated more than a 2 hour course.

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303-Pressure Vessels - Thin and Thick-Walled Stress Analysis

Robert J Willems

08/20/2019

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This course was written very well. You had to think a bit before answering the questions.

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303-Pressure Vessels - Thin and Thick-Walled Stress Analysis

James Fawcett

04/22/2018

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A very good course. Good text and graphics and examples made you think and do some actual calculations.

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Course Code: 100259-07

Course PDH Hours: 2

Engineering Course Approvals

This course is accepted for engineering continuing education credit in all US states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Canadian provinces.
Ohio rules allow only 6-hours of unsupervised online courses such as this course per license renewal period
Kansas rules allow only 5-hours of self-study courses such as this course per license renewal period

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