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Design of Blind End Closures for High Pressure Vessels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

A. Chaaban
Affiliation:
Research Assistant,
K. Leung
Affiliation:
Research Assistant,
R. J. Pick
Affiliation:
Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3GI, Canada
D. J. Burns
Affiliation:
Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3GI, Canada
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Abstract

The finite element method has been used to investigate the stress fields in blind end closures of thick-walled pressure vessels. A design curve for choosing end thickness has been developed by elastic analysis of a range of geometries and by elastic-plastic analysis of several geometries. The effects of inner corner radius of the blind end and a small central hole in the end are discussed.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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