Thanks for the replies, everyone! I agree about using a standard flange, unfortunately I am working with a legacy design, so I'm constrained to the existing shape. I'm going to look up some gasket manufacturers and see what they have to say...
It is indeed a marine vessel, so I believe the...
I am designing an access hatch on a pressure vessel that needs to be able to withstand 2.5 bar. The issue I am running into is properly sizing the gasket used to seal the hatch. The information I have dug up covers the calculation of the required gasket width and bolt preload, but no...
