The high temperature effect upon the household LPG cylinders bearing capacity

The excessive heating of the LPG cylinders results in extremely high inside pressures, exercising a stress upon them, capable to cause leaks and thus reducing the resistance wall thickness. In case of the B.100 cylinder desig n* (that is the classical design in Romania for the household GPL consumpti on), the vulnerable area is at the convex bottom joining the cylindrical sh ell, since from the technological curving of this area result thinner parts than in the rest of the receiver and also because of the cylinder geometri cal form which, fortuitously create unfavourable influences of the mechanic al stress concentrators sin the same areas.