Stress Analysis

Stress analysis requires rigour, experience and skill in addition to the advanced numerical tools available today. While the images here are predominantly from finite element analysis packages, most tasks require significant reliance on experimental measurement and/or traditional calculation methodology, plus compliance with design codes. Avocet is a licensee for Nastran™, Solidworks™ and Cosmosworks™.

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Ferry Vehicle ramp. 1

Railway hopper wagon. 1

Spoked alloy motor cycle wheel 2

Steam locomotive frame. 2

Pipeline coupling. 2

Ferro-cement pipeline cracking. 3

Buried Pipeline Inspection Tee. 3

Ferry Vehicle ramp

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Railway hopper wagon

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Spoked alloy motor cycle wheel

 Simulation of cornering stresses.

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Steam locomotive frame

 This analysis was done to help with the restoration, to working order, of historical steam locomotive NM25 for the Pichi Richi Railway.

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Pipeline coupling

Deformation due to pressure and creep of PVC pipe joints

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Ferro-cement pipeline cracking

This study included stresses induced from hydrostatic pressure as well as from transient heat conduction.

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Buried Pipeline Inspection Tee

This analysis involved modelling long term soil pressure on a buried fitting.

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