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CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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My guess is physics also plays a role in selecting number of boilers. The larger a boiler the thicker the wall thickness need be, unless you make a very long one. If a steam pressure of 3.5 ksi (on the high side) is assumed, you'd need ~2.5" wall thickness for steel with 400 MPa yield strength at temperature. It gets really thick for 3 meter diamter. So you cannot just arbitrary decide you only want 2, 4 or 8 boilers.