...Xiaole Fu; Bo Wang; Chaopeng Su; Chunlei Shao Bolted flanged connections are widely used in the petroleum and chemical industries. The gasket is the core component of bolted flanged connections. Accurate prediction of the gasket life is of great significance for the efficient, continuous, safe...

...Z. G. Sun; B. Q. Gu The leakage rates of bolted flanged connections change with service time due to the gasket contact stress relaxation and degradation of gasket material. The nonuniform distribution of gasket contact stress has significant influence on the leakage behavior of the connections...