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INTRODUCTION TO THE

BOLTED JOINT

The range and variety of Bolted Joints


Bolted Joints
Press-
urized
Bolted
Joints
(High
Pressure
Vessel)
More Bolted Joints

Compressor Crank
Many Bolted Joints
More Bolted Joints Turbine Coupling
More Bolted Joints Motor Mount
Challenged Bolted Joints
(damaged aircraft wheel)

Bolts
Other Bolted Joint
Examples?
 Highways?  Others?

 Rail?

 Sea?

 Space?
More Bolted Joints Track Rail Joint
More Bolted Joints Gear Box Spring clevis
Is this a Bolted Joint?

Two or
more
things
bolted
together?
Two Basic Types of Bolted
Joints
 Tensile Joint -
Force Parallel
to Bolt Axes

 Shear Joint -
Force
perpendicular
to Bolt Axes

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