If you consider analyzing it using plane stress methods it is pretty simple. I would recommend picking up a Mechanics of Materials book and reading the chapter on "pressure vessels." Im not going to give you an answer because i dont want to be responsible for someone hurting themself with a poorly d...

Thanks alot for that link. With those numbers my calculations show that PVC should be a fairly safe material. I dont want to list the numbers that i got just incase it is wrong, but it seems that the people that made PVC have built in a fairly big factor or saftey. (But you must keep it out of extre...

Hey, does anyone know the thickness of regular SCH 40 PVC pipe, or maybe where i could find it. Im at school right now and i dont have the tools to take an accurate measurement. I need it to analyze my mini cannon that i built. Just trying to put some engineering and physics to good use. :) thanks, ...