Gasket Areas

yeah this one is still bugging me. there is the inside gasket area and the gasket area , whats the difference and how can i get them ?

What the heck are you talking about? Was there supposed to be some drawing with your posting or a link to something else? Nothing like that appeared here.

Generally speaking, if you do not have CAD software that will calculate the areas for you, then fill the areas as completely as posible with a series of known geometric shape (circles, retangles, triangles, parallelograms, etc.) for which you can calculate the area and add them up, or subtract them if it is an interior area which is NOT part of the area you are trying to measure.

never mind mate thanks. that's not what i meant. thanks for the input. your post on the root area of the bolts was very informative. i ll sort this one out myself. regards.

gasket is a concentric ring. Insdie area may be area of inside circle and A1 is actual area is ring area.

If inside radius R1 and out side R2, Then 3.14 x R1 x R1/4 = A2 and

3.14/4(R2 xR2 - R1 XR1) = A1.

Confirm back to me if found ok as per calculation and actual measurement fo gasket.