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Waviness Distortion In Mechanical Face Seals, Joseph J. Roesch
Waviness Distortion In Mechanical Face Seals, Joseph J. Roesch
Mechanical Engineering ETDs
In this thesis the phenomenon of waviness distortion in mechanical face seal washers is investigated. Waviness in face seals leads to leakage in some applications. When leakage becomes significant, the seal must be replaced. If the distortion causing mechanism can be described, improvement in seal performance and behavior may be possible.
The components and function of the mechanical face seal are first discussed. It is seen that only one component of the seal unit shows significant deterioration over a period of time. It is also seen that this component, the face washer, wears in a characteristic manner. The characteristics of …
Stresses At The Tips Of Cracks Emanating From The Loaded Fastener Hole, Venkataraman Shivakumar
Stresses At The Tips Of Cracks Emanating From The Loaded Fastener Hole, Venkataraman Shivakumar
Mechanical Engineering ETDs
Stress-intensity factors, K, are obtained at the tips of radial cracks emanating from the boundary of an internal circular fastener hole in a plate loaded by a pin or rivet that just fills the hole and is pulled in the negative y-direction, in the plane of the plate. Solutions are obtained in a conformally mapped region in the form of series for different crack lengths and are based on the Muskhelishvili formulation in the two-dimensional theory of elasticity. The method presents a general technique for determining K for k symmetrically located radial cracks of equal length for a wide variety …