Abstract:The ASME PCC-1-2010 Guidelines for Pressure Boundary Bolted Flange Joint Assembly [1] introduced a new method for an appropriate assembly bolt stress determination across bolted flange connections. The method introduced in APPENDIX O of the ASME PCC-1-2010 has recently received substantial attention by several gasket researchers. In this new method, calculation is based in a complex approach that considers the integrity of each joint component. However, almost no information is found about some essential param… Show more
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