Khan, S. M. A., "Initial Investigation into Optimizing Design of a Pressure Vessel Saddle", ASME PVP, Design & Analysis of Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers and Components, 2008.

Abstract

The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code does not provide details of the pressure vessel saddle supports. The existing design guidelines are based on classical stress analysis with several assumptions to simplify the problem. With the advances in the computational technology and numerical methods, it is now possible to obtain more detailed information about stress distribution and hence provide optimal saddle design guidelines. This study will present an initial investigation into a 3D computational modeling and analysis of the saddle design. Results are presented for maximum von Mises stress occurring in various parts of the saddle with the increase in load.

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