| Issue |
MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 13, 2014
ICPER 2014 - 4th International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability
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| Article Number | 03004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Inspection, Maintenance and Operations | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20141303004 | |
| Published online | 17 July 2014 | |
Design of a Hyperbaric Chamber for Pressure Testing
Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 31750 Tronoh, Malaysia
a Corresponding author: mark_ovinis@petronas.com.my
A hyperbaric chamber is an application of a pressure vessel to test the integrity of components and equipments subjected to high pressure. The chamber comprises of several main parts such as a shell, heads, instrumentation attachments, threaded fasteners and support. This paper describes the design of hyperbaric chamber for pressure testing that compiles to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code. The design approach adopted is the “design by formula” method. A structural analysis of the hyperbaric chamber with a cylindrical shell and a vertical orientation, based on an operating pressure of 34.5 MPa, was done. The analysis of the stress distribution shows that the normalized principal stresses acting on the chamber are within the yield envelop based on the maximum distortional energy criteria.
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