I am not sure if equivalent stress is appropriate as I want to find out the normal stress to avoid peak stress that is excluded in the assessment. I am trying to see if it is feasible to transform the stress to the direction by rotating the model but with a new simple model. It is designed to work best in water that is under 2500 ppm TDS.There are a variety of membranes in use throughout the market which act as processes in treating groundwater, surface water, and wastewater to a level that is acceptable for industries and especially consumption. It is a rapidly growing industry, as a result of the need to combat low quality water sources such as rivers, lakes, wells, streams, and the ocean, in order to provide more alternative methods in supplying healthy, safe, steady, and accessible water to the masses. 1 shows a cut-away view of a typical reverse osmosis spiral wound membrane element 1 of this invention within a cylindrical RO pressure vessel 2. The membrane element 1 is sealed within the pressure vessel 2 with end plates 2a and 2b containing ports for the various feed, concentrate and permeate nozzles and retained in position by ring clamps 10a and 10b.AXEON TF – Series Residential Membrane Elements are recognized as one of the industry’s most reliable and highest performing membrane elements that deliver consistent quality and performance. Advanced manufacturing processes and utilization of the industry’s leading film technology allows these elements to deliver consistent results that equipment suppliers and water treatment dealers have come to rely on. The Specialty Membranes XUS and XUS Reverse Osmosis Elements are the 4- and 2.5-inch diameter versions of the XUS ultra-high pressure element for industrial water purification which offers an industry wide distinct combination of features.Reverse Osmosis/Nanofiltration Membranes that operates similarly in producing freshwater from the prevention of larger dissolved molecules from passing through the small pores of the permeable membrane, while allowing the pure water to flow through. The membrane filtration device of claim 14 wherein at least one lateral edge of spirally wound membrane is potted with an adhesive in a plastic end cup. The membrane filtration device of claim 14 wherein the membrane sheets and all spacers except those in the permeate channels are recessed at least about one inch from the axial end of the wound membrane at each permeate discharge end of the wound membrane sheets. The membrane filtration device of claim 14 wherein the membrane sheets are of the reverse osmosis type. The membrane filtration device of claim 1 additionally having at least one lateral edge of the spirally wound membrane sheets potted in a low viscosity adhesive for a distance of at least one inch from the axial end.Evidently, if a plate falls under the category of 3D strcutural elements there are out-of-plane stresses as well. Alternatively in ABAQUS/Explicit, you can choose to have the thickness change computed through integration of the thickness-direction strain that is based on the element material definition and the plane stress condition. , you can choose to have the thickness change computed through integration of the thickness-direction strain that is based on the element material definition and the plane stress condition. The geometry of the element is defined by specifying nodal coordinates in a global Cartesian system.