FRP bolted flanged connections -- Modern design and fabrication methods
- Concordia Univ., Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Bolted flanged connections for fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) pipes and pressure vessels are of great importance for any user of FRP material in fluid containment applications. At present, no dimensional standards or design rules exist for FRP flanges. Most often, flanges are fabricated to dimensional standards for metallic flanges without questioning their applicability to FRP materials. This paper discusses simplified and exact design methods for composite flanges, based on isotropic material design and on laminate theory design. Both, exact and simplified methods are included. Results of various design methods are then compared with experimental results from strain gage measurements on test pressure vessels. Methods of flange fabrication such as hand lay-up, injection molding, filament winding, and others, are discussed for their relative merits in pressure vessel and piping applications. Both, integral and bonded flanges are covered as applicable to the various methods of fabrication, also the economic implications of these methods. Also treated are the problems of gasket selection, bolting and overbolting, gasket stresses, and leakage of flanged connections.
- OSTI ID:
- 122765
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950521--; ISBN 1-56676-313-4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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