The Kellogg Method reloaded Hints:

No.1 Assuming the equivalent pressure is the pressure that will create the same amount of gasket stress as the pipe load does from the famous article Evaluation of Flanged connections due to piping load of Mr. Peng. No.2 Above equivalence is believed to be conservative because the maximum gasket stress produced by the piping load exists only at the extreme edge of the gasket, whereas the stress generated by the pressure is uniform from the same source. No.3 The Theory of Plates and Shells by S. Timoshenko and S. Woinowsky-Krieger, Copyright 1940 by the United Engineering Trustees, Inc was on the Kellogg desks.

Q=
Q a G A Circular Plate under the force F Q

F is the linear reaction (stress) on the gasket 2 a

+
M p -p

V=
-V

pa a 3 p pa cos and M = 4 cos a 2 cos d = 4 4 4

a G A Circular Plate under the bending moment M

[Ref: Timoshenko/ paragraph Circular plates under linear loads] so

theta

G=2a

p=

4M a 3

pa 4 M a M = 3 = 2 is the maximum of the 4 a 4 a linear reaction on the gasket (the maximum gasket stress produced by the piping load exists only at the extreme edge of the gasket)

and Vmax =

=
p F F a G Q+Vmax Q+Vmin

p a 2 F F M + 2 = e = e is the maximum 2 a a 2 a 2 a stress on the gasket, Fe is the equivalent force and pe is the equivalent pressure due to this equivalent force. Q + Vmax =
That means: 2 a F + 2 M = p e a 2 a Finally: p e =

Fe is the force that can do this maximum reaction on gasket.

or

And Fe can be counted in terms of an equivalent pressure. However: "whereas the stress generated by the pressure is uniform..."

F 2 1 + M = pe 2 a a 2 a

F 2M + 3 2 a a

=
G a= 2

4F 16M + 2 G G 3