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Finite Element Analysis for Nozzles
With nozzles being a major design component for pressure vessels, additional design tools such as FEA are needed to ensure adequate designs. COMPRESS offers built in FEA capabilities for nozzles. Users can choose to run FEA on existing COMPRESS models or model a new file quickly to obtain results. No extra modeling programs are required.
Nozzle Load Analysis
Since it is fully integrated into COMPRESS, choose to run WRC-107/537 or FEA. Loads can be entered via the WRC convention and analyzed using FEA.
Finite Element Analysis Reports
For compliance, full ASME Division 2 part reports are provided. Stress error reporting is also included as part of the reporting.
Interactive Stress Classification Line (SCL) Plot
COMPRESS provides the option to select any SCL on the model to review the details. Simply click on the SCL of interest and results will appear. Results will include calculated Combined Stress, Max and Min Principal Stress, and Von Mises Stress.
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Stress Classification Planes
In addition to SCLs, COMPRESS also provides Stress Classification Planes.
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Stress Error
What is Stress Error and why is it important? Stress Error is the mean difference between un-averaged and averaged stress values. Low stress error is an indicator the mesh and results are stable. Stress error corresponds to stress convergence both locally and globally.
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