Pressure Vessel API
Thin-walled pressure-vessel engineering maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The thin-wall endpoint computes the wall stresses in a cylindrical or spherical vessel under internal pressure: for a cylinder the hoop (circumferential) stress σ_h = p·r/t and the longitudinal stress σ_l = p·r/(2t), which is half the hoop — so cylinders tend to split along their length — together with the von Mises equivalent stress, and for a sphere the single biaxial stress σ = p·r/(2t); it also reports the radius-to-thickness ratio and whether the thin-wall assumption (r/t ≳ 10) holds. The thickness endpoint computes the wall thickness required to keep the hoop stress within an allowable value, t = p·r/(σ_allow·E), with a weld-joint efficiency factor. The burst endpoint computes the theoretical burst pressure of a pipe from Barlow's formula, p = 2·S·t/OD, using the ultimate tensile strength. Pressures and stresses are in pascals (megapascals also returned) and dimensions in metres. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for mechanical, chemical-plant, piping, boiler and tank-design app developers, ASME-style sizing and safety tools, and engineering education; for code work consult the applicable standards. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is thin-walled vessel stress; for general stress transformation use a Mohr-circle API and for fatigue a fatigue API.
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