The thin-walled pressure vessel shown is capped by two rigid plates. The fluid pressure inside the vessel is 3.6Mpa. The outer diameter is 600mm, wall thickness is 8mm. The vessel is also being pushed with an axial force, P=(WSU ID last three digits)kN. Determine the absolute maximum shear stress at a point on the outside surface of the vessel along the welding

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