Investigation of Stresses in U-Shaped Metal Bellow Using EJMA Standards

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

Kondapalli Siva Prasad ¹ , Gudla Pavani ²

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology & Sciences, India
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology & Sciences, India

Received: 2017-01-05 Accepted : 2017-02-05 Published : 2017-08-24

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