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A cylindrical pressure vessel is constructed by bolting two symmetric halves of flanged semi-cylindrical shells. A cross-sectional view of the vessel is shown in the figure. The inner diameter of the vessel is $2$ m and the length is $10$ m. Each row comprises $100$ bolts along the length of the vessel. If the vessel is pressurized to a net pressure of $6 \times 10^{5} \mathrm{~N} / \mathrm{m}^{2}$, and assuming the end caps of the vessel do not take any load in the radial direction, then the load borne by each bolt is _________ $\text{(in kN, rounded off to onc decimal place)}$.

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