WRC 521 Development of Design Rules for Conical Transitions in Pressure Vessels for the ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, Division 2

Bulletin / Circular by Welding Research Council, Inc., 2009

J.C. Sowinski, Z. Cao, D.A. Osage, N.A. Carr, J. E. Brubaker

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The technical background behind the new ASME Bapplicable loadings were to include pressure, axial forces, and net-section bending moments;reinforcement area must be integral; applicable to cone half apex angles ranging from 0 to 60 degrees; determination of the stress state developed at the cylinder-to-cone/knuckle/flare junction; a concise self-contained procedural layout; andvalidation using finite element analysis. For cylinder-to-cone transitions without knuckles or flares, the design rules were developed based on thin shell theory and are an extension of the rules in ASME B

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Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 176 File Size: 1 file , 4.8 MB