GATE ME · 2024 · ME
Question 57: Mechanics of Materials
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Question 57
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The figure shows a thin cylindrical pressure vessel constructed by welding plates together along a line that makes an angle
with the horizontal. The closed vessel has a wall thickness of 10 mm and diameter
of 2 m. When subjected to an internal pressure of 200 kPa, the magnitude of the normal stress acting on the weld is ________ MPa (rounded off to 1 decimal place).

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GATE ME 2024 · Paper 1
Mechanical Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Mechanical Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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