Hi Doug Hunter, I have attached a sketch of the clamp installed joining the shell and shell cover of the exchanger. The bolt is compressed by torquing and in turn stretches the clamp.
I am interested in how to work out the bending stress on the clamp itself from the bolt load.
I am comfortable...
Hi all, I am attempting to work out bolt clamping force required to ensure the gaskets in a shell and tube exchanger girth joints. The joints aren’t the typical ASME Weld neck design, instead there are two bolted half rings that encompass the girth flange (see picture attached). I discovered...
