Abstract
In spite of the increasing use of FRP composites in bolted flange joints and the good knowledge of these structures and their material behavior the procedure used for their design is that of metallic flanges. There is a major concern to appropriately address the anisotropic behavior of composite materials in FRP flange design. Therefore, it is necessary to revisit this procedure by implementing a more suitable model to analyse the stresses and strains of FRP bolted flange joints.This paper presents an analytical model that treats FRP bolted flange joints integrity and tightness based on anisotropy and a flexibility analysis of all joint elements including the gasket, bolts and flanges. The theories that treats all parts of the flange are described in details. Finally, the developed analytical model is validated with experimental testing and numerical modeling of different size FRP flanges.
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