All,
Thanks for taking time out to help me with your suggestions.
I think I have found an acceptable solution. As I was looking at the bonnets for these valves, treating them as dished covers as per ASME VIII Mandatory Appendix 1-6, it dawned on me that maybe I could use this for the disc but...
Hi jmec87
Many thanks for your reply.
I have considered that case which you suggested and it gives a very low stress. Looks like your 2nd suggestion may be the way to go, which is unfortunate as I would really like to find out how analyse it properly.
Hi All
Long time reader, first time poster! I'm hoping I can dip into this huge knowledge base for some answers to a problem we cant solve.
A bit of background first for context;
I'm a design engineer for a valve manufacturer. We are currently applying for the API monogram for our range of...
