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Give examples of engineering structures which can be modelled as thin walled cylinders.

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Answer:

Pipes, pressure vessels, tanks, reactors, tubes and nozzles

Step-by-step explanation:

Thin walled cylinders are typically defines as having wall thickness of 1/10 of the radius (doesn't matter much if inner or outer, they should be similar). Also this is used mostly for things that will be subject to some radial load, as opposed to axles and shafts.

As such, some structures that can be modeled as thin walled cylinders are pipes, pressure vessels, tanks, reactors, tubes and nozzles.

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