I am building a pressure vessel mad 2

[Jack Oswald]

I am building a pressure vessel made of a round tube with two disk closures; the closures are retained by 1/4" bolts. I would like to minimize the distance necessary to install the retention bolts from the end of the tube. Would you calculate this distance with simple average double shear, or some compression/ single shear calculations because of the rounded surface of the bolts?

 

[LittleInch]

If you look at the attachment from Jack 24 Nov 18:04:09 you can see two O rings.

Looks too much like the challenger solid rocket boosters to me....

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[rb1957]

ok, you've done something similar before ... so you know more than pretty much anyone here about your project. You have a FEA of this ?

I wonder when the peak load happens on this end-cap ... when the solid fuel is just about spent ?

another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?