Tightness prediction of bolted flanged connections subjected to external bending moments

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

Volumn 367, Issue , 1998, Pages 61-64

  Bouzid, Abdel Hakim ^a   Derenne, Michel ^a   Chaarani, Abbas ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; BOLT TIGHTENING; FLANGES; GASKETS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEALING (CLOSING);

ROOM TEMPERATURE TIGHTNESS TESTS (ROTT);

BOLTED JOINTS;

EID: 0031643174     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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