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finite element method as a parametric tool in the design and analysis of a pressure vessel having a threaded closure

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Date Issued:
1996
Summary:
The finite element method is a very powerful tool used to analyze a variety of problems in engineering. This thesis looks at the finite element method as a tool and several important modeling features of concern. A well known finite element software package, ANSYS, will be used to demonstrate a diverse number of its capabilities, and several procedures followed in solving a specific engineering problem. The subject matter involves a nonlinear contact analysis of a pressure vessel having a threaded closure. The choice of this application is prompted by an interest in better understanding how the finite element method is implemented in the design and analysis of different pressure vessel parameters. A parametric finite element analysis was performed. Load and stress distributions along the threaded region of the vessel were examined for parameters including number of threads, thread pitch, diameter ratio, closure plug length, and thread profile.
Title: The finite element method as a parametric tool in the design and analysis of a pressure vessel having a threaded closure.
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Name(s): Merkl, Garrett Andrew.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Case, Robert O., Thesis advisor
Tsai, Chi-Tay, Thesis advisor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1996
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 117 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The finite element method is a very powerful tool used to analyze a variety of problems in engineering. This thesis looks at the finite element method as a tool and several important modeling features of concern. A well known finite element software package, ANSYS, will be used to demonstrate a diverse number of its capabilities, and several procedures followed in solving a specific engineering problem. The subject matter involves a nonlinear contact analysis of a pressure vessel having a threaded closure. The choice of this application is prompted by an interest in better understanding how the finite element method is implemented in the design and analysis of different pressure vessel parameters. A parametric finite element analysis was performed. Load and stress distributions along the threaded region of the vessel were examined for parameters including number of threads, thread pitch, diameter ratio, closure plug length, and thread profile.
Identifier: 15243 (digitool), FADT15243 (IID), fau:12014 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996.
Subject(s): Finite element method
Pressure vessels--Design and construction
Strains and stresses--Mathematical models
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