The poor leakage performance of flanges with full face gaskets is attributed to the low reliability of the existing design methods, and in particular, their lack of assessing accurately the bolt and gasket load changes. The prediction of tightness of bolted joints relies very much on the level of precision of the gasket contact stress during operation. The accurate evaluation of this stress requires a flexibility analysis of the joint that includes the flange, gasket, and bolts, and the interaction between them. This paper analyzes the distribution of gasket stress and the load change in bolted joints with full face gaskets. It proposes a simple analytical approach capable of predicting flange rotation and bolt load change during operation. The method is based on the gasket-bolt-flange elastic interaction, including flange rotational flexibility. The proposed model is supported by comparison with numerical finite element analysis of different size flanges.
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A New Approach to Model Bolted Flange Joints With Full Face Gaskets
Abdel-Hakim Bouzid,
Abdel-Hakim Bouzid
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: hakim.bouzid@etsmtl.ca
Ecole de Technologie Superieure
, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada
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Hichem Galai
Hichem Galai
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: hichem.galai.1@ens.etsmtl.ca
Ecole de Technologie Superieure
, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada
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Abdel-Hakim Bouzid
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Ecole de Technologie Superieure
, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canadae-mail: hakim.bouzid@etsmtl.ca
Hichem Galai
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Ecole de Technologie Superieure
, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canadae-mail: hichem.galai.1@ens.etsmtl.ca
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Apr 2011, 133(2): 021203 (7 pages)
Published Online: February 10, 2011
Article history
Received:
May 17, 2009
Revised:
March 23, 2010
Online:
February 10, 2011
Published:
February 10, 2011
Citation
Bouzid, A., and Galai, H. (February 10, 2011). "A New Approach to Model Bolted Flange Joints With Full Face Gaskets." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. April 2011; 133(2): 021203. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4001920
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