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The Saturn V rocket that carried people to the moon is the most powerful machine ever built.  Watch this awe-inspiring video to get a sense of the tremendous power packed into this rocket. The Saturn V's first stage was powered by five F1 engines. In this exercise, we analyze the bolted flange joint that connected the mid and lower parts of the F1 engine nozzle. The image below show shows a picture of the F1 engine and the corresponding model of in ANSYS. Note that the ANSYS model includes only the mid and lower parts of the nozzle in the ANSYSand the bolted flange joint connecting them. 

Below is close-up view of the bolted flange joint connecting the mid and lower parts of the nozzle.

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