Failure of heat exchanger gaskets due to differential radial expansion of the mating flanges

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

Volumn 416, Issue , 2000, Pages 119-122

  Brown, Warren ^a   Reeves, David ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Reliability Analyst   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILLERS; FLANGES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOCOUPLES;

DIFFERENTIAL RADIAL EXPANSION;

GASKETS;

EID: 0242635696     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Brown, W., Derenne, M., Bouzid, A-H., Jul 2000, "Determination of the Steady State Operating Temperature of Pressure Vessel Flange Components: Part 2 - Simplified Methods", ASME PVP 2000 proceedings, 405, Seattle, Washington, USA, pp. 105-113
2. Brown, W., Derenne, M., Bouzid, A-H. Jul 2001, "Determination of Gasket Stress Levels During High Temperature Flange Operation" To be presented at the ASME PVP 2001 Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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