Authors: Rajesh Bhaskaran & Michael Mahoney, Cornell University
Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Physics Setup
5. Numerical Solution
6. Numerical Results
7. Verification & Validation
Exercises
Comments
Verification & Validation
We do not have experimental data to validate our results. So we'll be carrying out only verification here.
Comparison with Hand Calculations
We'll check the following using hand calculations:
Reaction in axial (z) direction where mid nozzle is attached to top nozzle (not modeled)
Thermal strain
Hoop stress
Bolt preload
Reaction in Axial Direction
The reaction reported by ANSYS is within 10% of the hand calculation as per the images below.