| dc.creator | Schmidt, John M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-31T16:21:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-31T16:21:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/196747 | |
| dc.description | Case Study | |
| dc.description.abstract | A bolted raised face Joint (with O-ring gasket) was failure prone. An axisymmetric FEA (finite element analysis) of the Joint verified why: the flanges were not stiff enough (not thick enough); too much flange rotation occurred. A gap opened that the O-ring could extrude into and fail. Going with thicker flanges was not an option, but continuing with FEA, various flange profile designs were analyzed narrowing in on a profile that kept the flanges together at the gasket location, minimizing the extrusion gap. This design was implemented into the new replacement discharge head and was successful: The joint is now leak-free. | |
| dc.format.medium | Electronic | en |
| dc.format.medium | Electronic | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 37th International Pump Users Symposium | |
| dc.title | A New Bolted Joint Profile, Optimized with FEA, Fixes a Leaking Propane Pump | |
| dc.type.genre | conference publication | |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.type.material | Text | |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | born digital | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | born digital | |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A & M University. Libraries | |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A & M University. Libraries | |
