%0 Conference Paper %1 Wustenhagen.1994 %A Wüstenhagen, Guido %A Müller, Heinz Konrad %A Meck, Klaus-Dieter %B Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Fluid Sealing %C London %D 1994 %E Halligan, B. %I Mechanical Engineering Publications %K G_Wüstenhagen from:thomasherzig dichtungstechnik H_Müller K_Meck from:brunomueller from:samuelschwamm ima %P 205–215 %T Finite-Element-Analysis of a PTFE-Shaft-Seal %X Sometimes the designer is doubtful whether the fascinating coloured pictures presented by a Finite-Element-analysis do reliably agree with reality. In particular this is becoming a problem when constructional elements are concerned which, for example, consist of PTFE-compounds the suppliers of which are unable to procure the relevant material properties. More often than not there is a lack of information on the stress-strain behaviour within the intended operating temperature range. In this case the user of a FE- program by himself and sometimes by costly experiments has to establish the necessary material properties. In this process it proved most effective on the one hand to experiment with a simply shaped specimen under load conditions similar to those of the original component and, on the other hand, to apply the material properties measured by setting up a FE-model of the specimen and performing an equivalent calculation. If there is satisfactory agreement of the results a reliable calculation of more complex constructional components is justified as weIl. In the paper the authors show how this procedure was applied to calculate the radial sealing force of a complex PTFE-seal ring under realistic mechanical and thermal conditions. %@ 0852989202

@inproceedings{Wustenhagen.1994, abstract = {Sometimes the designer is doubtful whether the fascinating coloured pictures presented by a Finite-Element-analysis do reliably agree with reality. In particular this is becoming a problem when constructional elements are concerned which, for example, consist of PTFE-compounds the suppliers of which are unable to procure the relevant material properties. More often than not there is a lack of information on the stress-strain behaviour within the intended operating temperature range. In this case the user of a FE- program by himself and sometimes by costly experiments has to establish the necessary material properties. In this process it proved most effective on the one hand to experiment with a simply shaped specimen under load conditions similar to those of the original component and, on the other hand, to apply the material properties measured by setting up a FE-model of the specimen and performing an equivalent calculation. If there is satisfactory agreement of the results a reliable calculation of more complex constructional components is justified as weIl. In the paper the authors show how this procedure was applied to calculate the radial sealing force of a complex PTFE-seal ring under realistic mechanical and thermal conditions.}, added-at = {2021-03-25T17:56:44.000+0100}, address = {London}, author = {Wüstenhagen, Guido and Müller, Heinz Konrad and Meck, Klaus-Dieter}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/26e18a1d1c8aebc4c000dc2ae65140a42/ima-publ}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Fluid Sealing}, editor = {Halligan, B.}, eventdate = {6. - 8. April 1994}, eventtitle = {14th Int. Conference on Fluid Sealing}, interhash = {8e3a94d879c45855e11f67c9ce2947f5}, intrahash = {6e18a1d1c8aebc4c000dc2ae65140a42}, isbn = {0852989202}, keywords = {G_Wüstenhagen from:thomasherzig dichtungstechnik H_Müller K_Meck from:brunomueller from:samuelschwamm ima}, note = 112, pages = {205–215}, publisher = {Mechanical Engineering Publications}, series = {BHR Group conference series}, timestamp = {2021-03-25T16:56:44.000+0100}, title = {Finite-Element-Analysis of a PTFE-Shaft-Seal}, venue = {Firenze, Italy}, year = 1994 }