FEA Case Study: Pressure Vessel Deformation Analysis. The image below shows the results of an analysis of a pressure vessel that exhibited permanent deformation after being subjected to hydrotesting.

This Abaqus FEA half model of a reactor pressure vessel shows the nozzle opening (shown as holes in Figures 11 and 13) through which cold water is quickly introduced to shut down the reactor, ...

Thorwald, G., and L. Parietti, “Leak-Before-Break Assessment of a Cracked Reactor Vessel Using 3D Crack Meshes,” Proceedings of the ASME 2016 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP2016 ...

CosmosWorks 2007, one FEA program that works inside Solid-Works 2007, comes close to this capability. ... The pressure load always acts normal to the walls of the pressure vessel.

A detailed finite element analysis (FEA) is required to demonstrate compliance. The specification also outlines a number of qualification tests that the cylinder must pass. The first is a burst test.

WoundSIM is a new software tool targeting the design, simulation and optimization of composite-overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs). While it is primarily used in the automotive and aerospace ...