Figure 9.
Numerical models for analyses of pressure vessels with flat heads: (a) finite element mesh with boundary conditions; (b) mesh for experimentally tested endplate type “e” with optimal SRG; (c) mesh for experimentally tested endplate type “e” with non-optimal SRG; (d) mesh for endplate type “a”; (e) mesh for endplate type “d”; (f) mesh for endplate type “f”; (g) mesh for proposed elliptical SRG; (h) mesh for endplate type “h”.
