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#1 m.shahid

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 12:27 PM

Background:
We have liquid ammonia filling cylinder filling station facility. Recently, an accident took place while filling the cylinder (cylinder is filled at a pressure of 14 bar.g). During the accident, cylinder nozzle got disengaged as a result of which cylinder hit the nearby wall. Luckily no major damage was observed..

Question:
We plan to build a wall around the cylinder filling facility so that in case such an incident reoccurs, the wall can handle the thrust force of the flying cylinder. I want to calculate the maximum force that the cylinder will exert on the wall (at the point of impact).

Mass of Empty Cylinder = 75 kg
Mass of liquid ammonia = 30 kg
Total mass of filled cylinder = 105 kg
Filling Pressure = 14 bar.g
Nozzle diameter = 2 inch
Distance of wall from the point of filling = 5 m
Diameter of Cylinder = 15 cm

#2 Shivshankar

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 12:56 PM

Hi

Hope this helps.

http://en.wikipedia....linder_stresses

http://nptel.iitm.ac...5/lecture15.htm

http://www.freestudy.../complex/t1.pdf


Regards
Shivshankar

Edited by Shivshankar, 18 July 2012 - 01:04 PM.





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