Finite Element Analysis of EC Insert Plug
The proposed EC calorimeter insert plug was modeled with ANSYS to verify that the shell thickness calculated with beam formulas are adequate. The finite element model and dimensions is shown in Fig. 1. The geometry and shell thicknesses used were the best numbers available as of 3/28/86. The model includes only the inner and outer shells and intermediate structural discs. The total weight of the plug is calculated to be 75000 lbs. The plug is supported against this weight at the four nodes indicated in Fig. 1. A vertical constraint was used. The calorimeter plates are not explicitly modeled. Their weight is placed on the inner shell by giving the shell material an appropriate density and applying a global acceleration. In addition to the weight loading, there will also be a pressure loading applied to both end plates as a result of preloading the calorimeter plates compressively. This pressure is estimated to be 20 pSi, and was represented in the model as a uniform pressure applied across each end plate. The large axial force produced by this pressure precludes the possibility of attaching the inner shell to both end plates. Such attachments would be under unreasonably high stress as the plates were preloaded, and the inner shell would be under a state of tension in trying to resist the axial force. In the real structure, the inner shell will be attached to at most one of the end plates. The axial force is then developed solely in the outer shell, which has a considerable area of attachment. To emulate this in the finite model, nodal coupling was used to couple the shell laterally to both end plates and all intermediate discs to ensure weight transfer, but axially the shell was only coupled to one of the end plates. The materials used were assumed to be SS 3011 with a Young's modulus of 28.3 (10{sup 6}) psi. Stresses were evaluated according to the limits and claSSifications of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 2, Appendix 11 assuming a maximum allowable stress intensity of 20000 psi for primary membrane stress.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1030006
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-D0-EN-047; TRN: US201201%%263
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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