抄録
In order to examine the sealing mechanism of a connection with a metal gasket, the sealing test according to JIS B2490 and FEM analysis were carried out. The dimensions of platen used in the test are according to JIS B 2490 and the metal gasket types are chosen as metal flat and ring joint gasket. The material of the gaskets was aluminum. The ring joint gasket types are chosen as octagonal and oval. The effect of internal pressure on the sealing performance of connection with the metal flat gaskets was measured. The relationship between the gasket compression stress and amount of leakage through inter faces on the metal flat gasket was obtained. And also, the relationship between compression load and amount of leakage through inter faces on the ring joint gaskets was obtained. The von Mises stress distributions on the interface on the metal gaskets were calculated using FEM. Using the results of sealing test and FEM, it was suggested that the sealing performance was improved, when the von Mises stress more than the gaskets material of the yield stress adequately. Furthermore, it was suggested experimentally that the ratio of the maximum of von Mises stress in the gaskets material of yield stress was 1.015.
