Venturi Square End, Bolt size and spacing:

b ≔ 1328 mm : Scrubber Width

l ≔ 1328 mm : Scrubber Lenght

bGF ≔ 80 mm : Gasket Face Width

PSeat ≔ 12 MPa : Gasket Seating Pressure

σBolt ≔ 1000 MPa : Bolt Yield Stress

σFlange ≔ 172 MPa : Flange Yield Stress

DBolt ≔ 12 mm : M16 x 2 Grade 10.9 Bolts

DBoltBody ≔ 16 mm : M16 x 2 Grade 10.9 Bolts

DBoltHead ≔ 27.7 mm : Bolt Head Diameter

lBS ≔ 70 mm : Bolt Spacing

b l
NBoltsActual ≔ 2 ⋅ ―― + 2 ―― = 75.886
lBS lBS

σWorkingBolt ≔ σBolt ⋅ 0.75 ⋅ 0.8 = 600 MPa

2
AGasket ≔ (2 l + 2 b) ⋅ bGF = 0.425 m

FBoltTotal ≔ PSeat ⋅ AGasket = ⎛⎝5.1 ⋅ 10 ⎞⎠ kN

3

FBoltTotal
= ⎛⎝8.499 ⋅ 10 ⎞⎠ mm
3 2
ABoltReq ≔ ――――
σWorkingBolt
2
π ⋅ ⎛⎝DBolt⎞⎠ 2
ABoltAvail ≔ ―――― = 113.097 mm
4

ABoltReq
NBoltsReq ≔ ――― = 75.149
ABoltAvail

FBoltTotal
FBolt ≔ ――― = 67.858 kN
NBoltsReq
A ≔ if NBoltsActual < NBoltsReq |
‖ “Reduce centre to centre distance between bolts.” |
‖ |
else |
‖ “Bolt size and spacing acceptable.” ||
‖

A = “Bolt size and spacing acceptable.”

FBoltTotal
FBoltActual ≔ ―――― = 67.2 kN
NBoltsActual

π ⋅ ⎛⎝DBoltHead − DBoltBody ⎞⎠
2 2
2
ABoltHead ≔ ――――――――― = 401.566 mm
4

FBoltActual
σFlangeActual ≔ ―――― = 167.345 MPa
ABoltHead

if σFlangeActual < σFlange | = “Local Yielding not expected”

‖ “Local Yielding not expected” |
‖ |
else |
‖ “Loacal Yielding expected” |
‖ |