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Design and analysis of flanges in SolidWorks simulation often requires the use of a half bolt connector.

This solar reflector uses a vacuum to pull the front and back surfaces together to focus the reflective surface. The deflected surface shape can be calculated using FEA, but the correct shape can only be computed with large deflection theory.

Use of 2nd order integration elements is more than a requirement, it also produces the best results.

Reaction forces are the resulting loads seen at the restraints of a model being analyzed. They can be used to ensure an analysis is restrained from rigid body motion, and is static or in balance.

SolidWorks Simulation ships with a series of validation sets. The "SOLIDWORKS Simulation Static Verification Problems" compare the results obtained by SolidWorks Simulation to theoretical textbook values or prior FEA studies.

Requirements for lethal service are scattered through VIII-1, the code cases, interpretations and PTB-4. Here they are all in one place.

We design spreader bars like this to move our customer's vessels. A common variation is to have multiple bottom lifting locations for different size vessels.

a sample flange is calculated using ASME Appendix 2 methods and by finite element analysis (FEA) to illustrate the application of the loads and show the resulting stresses.

This sample vessel is a collection of less common design features: large nozzles, swing bolt covers, cone discontinuities, use of bar stock for nozzles and sanitary ferrules in vessels.

The area replacement rules in the ASME code books determine how to handle nozzle calculations.