We do not have experimental data to validate our results. So we'll be carrying out only verification here.
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
The reaction reported by ANSYS is within 10% of the hand calculation as per the images below.
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