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Quasi-ellipsoidal heads to ASME Code under internal pressure stress analysis by the Force Method

Conference ·
OSTI ID:404298
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  1. White Martins Industrial Gases-Cryogenic Equipment Factory, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Dept. of Engineering
Torispherically-dished pressure vessel heads that meet Section VIII of the ASME Code can be completely analyzed by means of the so-called Force Method. Thus combined normal stresses (pressure plus radial growth plus bending) at the shell junctures that make up those heads may be determined to a good degree of accuracy, along with the ideal bending-free location of the welding line (circumferential joint that connects head to shell). As a useful consequence, head skirt is kept to a safe minimum.
OSTI ID:
404298
Report Number(s):
CONF-960706--; ISBN 0-7918-1785-7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English