An accurate method of evaluating relaxation in bolted flanged connections

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-17

  Bouzid, L ^a   Chaaban, A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CREEP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLANGES; GASKETS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BOLTED FLANGED JOINT; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; THERMAL DILATATION;

BOLTED JOINTS;

EID: 0031076658     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2842254     Document Type: Article

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