STUDIES BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD APPLIED ON FACE SEAL UDC 62-762.4:515.3

Abstract. The paper presents a FEM (finite element method) analysis of a face seal. In the first part some theoretical aspects of this kind of seals are presented. The next section emphasizes the FEM model, its constrains and external loads. The analyses were run for different working conditions (temperature, fluid pressure). In the third part the stress and strain state is shown while some conclusions are derived from the results. In the last section some peculiar aspects of contact region are revealed