Stresses During Hot Assembly of Pressure Chamber Cylinder Reinforcement Shell

The paper raises a subject of the analysis of axial stresses caused during the hot assembly of a pressure chamber cylinder reinforcement shell. The reflections are illustrated with a calculation example solved numerically using the Finite Element Method (FEM). Recommendations are presented that allow to reduce the adverse effect of the axial stresses to the load-carrying capacity of the cylinder, which is especially important for extremely heavy-duty structures.