ABSTRACT
Cylinders and spheres that act as pressure vessels are divided into two major categories, thin-walled and thick-walled. We start our study in this chapter by considering thin-walled, mainly cylindrical pressure vessels that may be used, for example, as compressed air containers, boilers, submarine hulls, aircraft fuselages, condenser casings and hydraulic reservoirs. We then take a look at thickwalled vessels subject to pressure. These, for example, function as hydraulic linear actuators, extrusion dies, gun barrels and high-pressure gas bottles.
