Deformation Characteristics and Sealing Performance of Metallic O-rings for a Reactor Pressure Vessel

This paper provides a reference to determine the seal performance of metallic O-rings for a reactor pressure vessel (RPV). A nonlinear elastic-plastic model of an O-ring was constructed by the finite element method to analyze its intrinsic properties. It is also validated by experiments on scaled sa...

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Main Authors: Mingxue Shen, Xudong Peng, Linjun Xie, Xiangkai Meng, Xinggen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573315002594