Thin-Wall Pressure Vessel Stress implementation

Binding contract

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Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t4-094

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

The instrument should reject t=0 because both formulas divide by zero, and it should flag or reject t/r=0.1 because the thin-wall assumption is valid only for t/r<0.1. Signed-versus-magnitude pressure conventions can also reverse the reported stress signs.

Required corrections

No binding erratum is attached to this unique-name record. Implementers must still preserve the declared units, domain, and failure behavior.

Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "p": 200000,
    "r": 0.5,
    "t": 0.01,
    "vessel_type": "cylinder",
    "units": "p in Pa; r and t in m"
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "sigma_hoop": 10000000,
    "sigma_long": 5000000,
    "stress_units": "Pa"
  },
  "working": "t/r = 0.01/0.5 = 0.02, which is less than 0.1. σ_hoop = pr/t = (200000 Pa × 0.5 m)/0.01 m = 100000/0.01 = 10000000 Pa. σ_long = pr/(2t) = (200000 × 0.5)/(2 × 0.01) = 100000/0.02 = 5000000 Pa."
}

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Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche4/tranche4-results.json