High-pressure structure made of rings with peripheral weldments of reduced thickness

Patent · 31 December 1987

OSTI ID:866497

Leventry, Samuel C ^[1]

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1. Downers Grove, IL

A high-pressure structure having a circular cylindrical metal shell made of metal rings joined together by weldments and which have peripheral areas of reduced shell thickness at the weldments which permit a reduction in the amount of weld metal deposited while still maintaining sufficient circumferential or hoop stress strength.

• Research Organization: CBI NO-CON INC
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-86MC22068
• Assignee: CBI Research Corporation (Oak Brook, IL)
• Patent Number(s): US 4724975
• OSTI ID: 866497
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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