Research Article
Numerical Investigations on Characteristics of Stresses in U-Shaped Metal Expansion Bellows
Table 2
Analytic and FEA stresses due to internal pressure.
| Stress | Source | Internal pressure (MPa) | 1 | 1.12 | 1.5 | 2 |
| | ASME | 73.26 | 82.05 | 109.89 | 146.52 | FEA | 43.83 | 53.02 | 70.26 | 80.53 |
| | ASME | 31.28 | 35.03 | 46.92 | 62.56 | FEA | 34.55 | 32.12 | 48.63 | 57.67 |
| | ASME | 48.52 | 54.35 | 81.52 | 163.05 | FEA | 42.36 | 34.44 | 61.46 | 86.41 |
| | ASME | 4.89 | 5.14 | 6.56 | 9.19 | FEA | 30.39 | 33.26 | 45.41 | 61.85 |
| | ASME | 82.18 | 92.04 | 123.28 | 164.37 | FEA | 33.12 | 31.73 | 47.48 | 54.68 |
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