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To determine properties of a joint preload by bolts
By Alex Slocum, 6/6/2004, last modified 6/6/2004 by Alex Slocum
Enters numbers in BOLD, Results in RED, All units in N, mm, degrees
Inputs
N
Ebolt
vbolt
Eflange
vflange
hf_1
hf_2
hflange
Db
Dbr
Dbore
Dbolthead
hnut
hbolthead
Lbolt
alpha
Fpreload
Sigboltmax
percentpreload
Stiffness results
kboltshaft
kbolthead
knut
kbolt
kflangecomp
kflangeshear
kflange
kf_kb
kjoint
Force results
Fboltmax
Fleak
Fbolt
Fbolttotal
Fjointmax
sigpreloadbolt
sigloadbolt
percentmaxload
SF
12
2.00E+05
0.29
2.00E+05
0.29
10
10
20
6.00
5.00
6.5
9.00
5
6
25
45
5498
400
70%
Number of bolts
Young's modulus of bolt
Poisson ratio of bolt
Young's modulus of flange
Poisson ratio of flange
upper flange thickness
lower flange thickness
total resulting effective flange thickness
bolt diameter
bolt thread root diameter
bolt clearance hole
bolt head diameter
nut thicknes (enter 0 if threaded into flange)
thicknes of bolthead
bolt length assumed equal total effective flange thickness + hnut
cone angle
Preload force applied to a bolt
Maximum bolt stress
% of max stress used by bolt preload
226195
4216149
3513457
2427787
1303990
3513457
11412304
4.70
13840091
7854
80008
1170
6667
94248
280
340
85%
1.2