Blood vessels are commonly studied in isolation to define their mechanical and biological properties under controlled conditions. While sections of the wall are sometimes tested, vessels are most often attached to needles and examined in their natural cylindrical configuration where combinations of internal pressure and axial force can be applied to mimic in vivo conditions. Attachments to need...

Best estimate system thermal-hydraulic codes in the nuclear engineering community, e.g., TRACE, RELAP3D, CATHARE-3, etc., were extended with 3D coarse-mesh components to better describe Thermal-Hydraulic (TH) phenomena taking place within Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) and core. The RPV is usually shaped like a cylinder while core mostly cube. Hence, TRACE code equipped Cylindrical VESSEL Cartes...

In this work, the stress distribution along cylindrical composite pressure vessels with different dome geometries is investigated. The contours are generated through an integral method based on shell stresses. Here, influence of each contour at interface dome-cylinder evaluated. At first, formulation for curve generation presented and solved contours. An analytical approach calculation secondar...

The present paper provides a semi-analytical solution to obtain the displacements and stresses in a functionally graded material (FGM) rotating thick cylindrical shell with clamped ends under non-uniform pressure. Material properties of cylinder are assumed to change along the axial direction according to a power law form. It is also assumed that the Poisson’s ratio is constant. Given the exist...

Time-dependent creep analysis is presented for the calculation of stresses and displacements of axisymmetric thick-walled cylindrical pressure vessels made of functionally graded material (FGM). For the purpose of time-dependent stress analysis in an FGM pressure vessel, material creep behavior and the solutions of the stresses at a time equal to zero (i.e. the initial stress state) are needed....

Buckling and post buckling of cylindrical shells under hydrostatic pressure is regarded as important issue in structure of submarines. These cylindrical shells have variable thickness due to construction process which effected by pressure of buckling and its destruction. In this paper, effects of changing thickness on buckling and destruction pressure under external hydrostatic pressure of a sh...

There are many practical situations where a finite mass of a buoyant gas may become suddenly exposed to atmospheric air at a negligible pressure difference within vertical chambers or vessels that are either fully or partially open. The consideration of such situations when a fuel or toxic gas is released is of immense practical importance especially in relation to developing measures for prote...