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Irregular Platform Clip Vessel Stress

Irregular Platform Clip Vessel Stress

Irregular Platform Clip Vessel Stress

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I have been requested to analyze the design of a clip that is situated at the intersection of the top of a stiffening ring and the vessel. Please see attached image. WRC-537 is too conservative in this case and fails since no support from the ring is taken into account; however, I do not want to to go full FEA on a platform clip if I can help it. Any suggestions for how to analyze this clip?

RE: Irregular Platform Clip Vessel Stress

Sorry (actually, I'm not sorry), but you are stuck with doing an analysis. There is no simplified method to do what you want.

RE: Irregular Platform Clip Vessel Stress

You can easily spend more time trying to figure a work-around for a FEA than it would take to run an adequate FEA.

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