Div. 2 allowable stress criteria
Div. 2 allowable stress criteria
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I am doing an FEA on a flange using solid elements for the flange and beam elements for the bolts. When classifying
the stresses using Div. 2 criteria, what allowable stress should I use for the beam elements?
Thanks.
the stresses using Div. 2 criteria, what allowable stress should I use for the beam elements?
Thanks.
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RE: Div. 2 allowable stress criteria
you can check with ASME II Part D Table 3, if it is a material considered in ASME VIII Div.2 Table 3.A.8. I hope this could help you.
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RE: Div. 2 allowable stress criteria
You wouldn't argue that no primary bending exists in a model simply because an analyst chose to use exclusively solid elements with only translational degrees of freedom, would you?
More importantly, how do you define "failure" of a bolted flanged joint?
jt
RE: Div. 2 allowable stress criteria
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