A simplified procedure for the design of bolted gasketed flanges

Experimental tests -- Stress-deflection & stress-tightness data -- New gasket constants and equations -- Method element stress analysis -- Modeling of the bolts -- The analysis -- New optimizing design procedure -- Results from the FE stress analysis -- Results from the FE program ABAQUS -- Results from the FE program GIFTS -- ABAQUS vs. GIFTS, linear vs nonlinear approach -- Closing remarks -- Results from the new design procedure -- Effect of pressure -- Effect of TC on optimum -- Effect of B, d and S* on the new design procedure -- Optimal T pr -- TurboFlange vs. current ASME code -- Closing remarks -- FE vs TurboFlange : validity of the new procedure.