Ivory tee shown front and back: the front has an orange grilled hot dog split lengthwise with a stress element and hoop stress equations; the back has a small round gear seal neck print.

Why Hot Dogs Split Lengthwise T-Shirt, Hoop Stress Engineer Tee, Funny BBQ Grill Gift for Engineers

Comfort Colors 1717 / Ivory / S
$29.99
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Ivory tee shown front and back: the front has an orange grilled hot dog split lengthwise with a stress element and hoop stress equations; the back has a small round gear seal neck print.
  • Ivory tee shown front and back: the front has an orange grilled hot dog split lengthwise with a stress element and hoop stress equations; the back has a small round gear seal neck print.
  • Back of an ivory Comfort Colors 1717 tee with a small round gear seal neck print below the collar.
  • Front of an ivory Comfort Colors 1717 tee with the full-front Why Hot Dogs Split Lengthwise print.
  • Close-up of the Why Hot Dogs Split Lengthwise artwork showing the grill marks, the lengthwise split, the stress element arrows and the hoop stress equations.
  • Ivory tee shown front and back: the front has an orange grilled hot dog split lengthwise with a stress element and hoop stress equations; the back has a small round gear seal neck print.
  • Back of an ivory Comfort Colors 1717 tee with a small round gear seal neck print below the collar.
  • Front of an ivory Comfort Colors 1717 tee with the full-front Why Hot Dogs Split Lengthwise print.
  • Close-up of the Why Hot Dogs Split Lengthwise artwork showing the grill marks, the lengthwise split, the stress element arrows and the hoop stress equations.
Why Hot Dogs Split Lengthwise T-Shirt, Hoop Stress Engineer Tee, Funny BBQ Grill Gift for Engineers

Why Hot Dogs Split Lengthwise T-Shirt, Hoop Stress Engineer Tee, Funny BBQ Grill Gift for Engineers

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Hoop stress in a thin-walled cylinder is twice the longitudinal stress, so the skin gives way along its length first. That's why pipes burst lengthwise, and why every hot dog on the grill splits the same way. Thin-walled pressure vessel theory, tested at every cookout.

What you get

  • Front: Full-front print: "Why Hot Dogs Split Lengthwise" over a grilled hot dog with a lengthwise split, a skin stress element with hoop and longitudinal stresses, and σhoop = pr/t, σlong = pr/2t
  • Back: Small round Factor of Safety Co. "n = 2.0" gear seal neck hit
  • Printed with premium DTF transfers and heat-pressed by hand in Charleston, SC

Choose your shirt

  • Comfort Colors 1717: heavyweight 6.1 oz garment-dyed cotton, relaxed fit (S–3XL)
  • Bella+Canvas 3001: lightweight 4.2 oz Airlume cotton, softer retail fit (S–3XL)

Colors may vary slightly by screen.

Care

Wash inside out in cold water, tumble dry low or hang dry, don't iron the print.

Production & disclosure

Designed by Elevated Designs LLC using digital design tools, with AI assistance. Printed and pressed to order in Charleston, SC.

Factor of Safety Co. · mechanical engineers — designed by Elevated Designs and printed to order in Charleston, SC.

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