BSCN5

Sample Solutions

BOLTED JOINTS

Sample Activity
1.1 Show by means of neat sketches four ways in which a bolt connection can fail.
(8)

60 kN

FIGURE 1

1.2 FIGURE 1 shows two plates of a steel tank connected by means of steel rivets.

Two 16-mm thick steel plates are connected by means of a single riveted lap
joint. The pitch of the rivets is 80 mm and the rivet diameter is 20 mm. The
load carried by the plates is 60 kN per pitch of the width. The rivet hole
diameter is 22 mm.

Calculate the maximum allowable stress in the joint. (12)

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Model Solution (PTO)

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1.1

√ √

Shearing √

Bearing or Crushing√

Tension failure √√ Tearing √

(8)

1.2 1. Force 60 . x .103

ƒshear = area = π . x .112 √√ = 157,84 MPa√√

2. Force 60.x .103

ƒcrush = area = 22. x.16 √ = 170,45 MPa√√

3. Force 60.x .103

ƒtear = area = (80.x .16).−.1(22.x .16) √√ = 64,655 MPa√√

Max allowable stress = 64,655 MPa√ (12)

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