Finite element analysis (FEA) has been carried out utilizing the ANSYS software package to assess the failure of thick and thin‐walled steel cylindrical pressure vessels. A simple experimental stress analysis (ESA) procedure is described to evaluate the stress components on inner and outer surfaces of the vessels under internal pressure from the measured surface strains. The procedure is validated considering the strain values of FEA for the applied pressure as measured quantities and obtained the corresponding stress components considering the stress‐strain data of the material from ESA and compared with those of FEA results. Failure pressure estimates from FEA (based on the global plastic deformation) were found to be in good agreement with test results of thin as well as thick‐walled cylindrical vessels made of ductile steel materials.
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1 January 2009
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January 01 2009
Investigation on Failure Behavior of Unflawed Steel Cylindrical Pressure Vessels Using FEA
Aseer Brabin;
Aseer Brabin
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, C.S.I. Institute of Technology, Thovalai ‐ 629 302, India
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T. Christopher;
T. Christopher
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli ‐ 627 007, India
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Nageswara Rao
Nageswara Rao
Structural Analysis and Testing Group, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum ‐ 695 022, India
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1573-6113
Print ISSN: 1573-6105
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2009
Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures (2009) 5 (1): 29–42.
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Brabin A, Christopher T, Rao N (2009), "Investigation on Failure Behavior of Unflawed Steel Cylindrical Pressure Vessels Using FEA". Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 5 No. 1 pp. 29–42, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/15736105200900002
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