ISSN: 0090-3973
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Some Parameters Influencing the Release Pressure of Reverse-Buckling Safety Disks

Beese, JG
Senior lecturer,University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology,

Abstract

In recent years safety disks based on the principle of the reverse buckling of a spherical, metallic cap have been developed. In this paper the influence on the disk-buckling pressure of (1) the orifice diameter of the flange-holding ring and (2) heat treatment of the dome before assembly is examined. It is found that both orifice diameter and heat treatment influence the value of the reverse-buckling pressure.

Keywords:
safety, buckling, pressure, diaphragm, spherical cap, hydrostatic pressure, diameter, thickness, dome height, aluminum, heat treatment

Paper ID: JTE10571J
DOI: 10.1520/JTE10571J
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