Bolt-Up Strategy for Pipe Flange Connections Using Finite Element Analysis

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 405, Issue , 2000, Pages 143-149

  Takaki, Tomohiro ^a   Fukuoka, Toshimichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

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EID: 0001143179     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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