预测厚壁圆筒容器能承受的最大内压是压力容器设计中的一个重要问题。Burrows等人以及最近的Marin和Rimrott回顾了定义厚壁圆筒压力容器强度的各种理论。Marin和Rimrott最近提出了一种预测厚壁容器最大内压的新理论。为了确定这一理论和其他理论的准确性，对承受内压的厚壁圆筒强度的现有实验数据进行了回顾。这篇综述显示了必要信息的稀缺性和不完整性。此外，为数不多的提供完整信息的调查并不是针对美国制造的材料进行的。出于上述原因，压力容器研究委员会授权对厚壁容器的强度进行实验研究- 承受内部压力的有壁圆筒。本研究的目的是确定可用于预测厚壁圆筒容器最大压力的现有理论的有效性。为此，将研究几种材料，并考虑不同的外径与内径比。本文论述了这项研究的一部分，包括6061-T4铝合金厚壁圆筒容器的强度。

The prediction of the maximum internal pressure which a thick-walled cylindrical vessel can resist is an important problem in pressure vessel design. Various theories for defining the strength of thick-walled cylindrical pressure vessels have been reviewed by Burrows, et al. and more recently by Marin and Rimrott. A new theory for predicting the maximum internal pressure that can be applied to thick-walled vessels was recently proposed by Marin and Rimrott. To determine the accuracy of this and other theories, a review of existing experimental data on the strength of thick-walled cylinders subjected to internal pressure was made. This review showed a scarcity and incompleteness of necessary information. Furthermore, the few investigations which give complete information were not made on materials manufactured in the United States. For the foregoing reasons, the Pressure Vessel Research Committee authorized an experimental investigation on the strength of thick-walled cylinders subjected to internal pressures. This investigation was to be made for the purpose of determining the validity of available theories for predicting the maximum pressure that can be applied to a thick walled cylindrical vessel. For this purpose, several materials will be investigated and various ratios of the outside to inside diameters considered. The present paper deals with the part of this investigation covering the strength of thick-walled cylindrical vessels made of an aluminum alloy, 6061-T4.