A steel boiler 2.5 m in diameter has a wall thickness of 25 mm. The internal pressure is 1.6 MPa. Calculate the factor of safety if the maximum permissible stress for it is 250 MPa?

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. A steel boiler 2.5 m in diameter has a wall thickness of 25 mm. The internal pressure is 1.6 MPa. Calculate the factor of safety if the maximum permissible stress for it is 250 MPa?
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