By T. Bart Quimby, P.E., Ph.D.

Quimby & Associates

Elastic Method
Move Break force
Horizontal into it’s
Force to components
Center of
Bolt Group

Move Combine
Vertical the Two
Force to Moments
Center of into One
Bolt Group
 Elastic Method Find Bolt
Stresses
due to
f y =Py/(Abnb) fx =Px/(Abnb) fmi = M ri / J Moment
fmxi = fmi * dyi/ci
fmyi = fmi * dxi/ci

Find Bolt
Stresses
due to
Vertical
Force
Find Bolt
Stresses
due to Bolt stresses due to Moment are
Horizontal perpendicular to radial lines from
Force the center of the bolt group
 Elastic Method
The resultant stress in each
fastener equals the vector
sum of the stresses applied
to it.

fi = sqrt[(f yi + fmyi)2 + (fxi + fmxi)2]

Pi = fi Ab
Elastic Method
 Good
 Very easy and straight forward use of Mechanics
 Not so Good
 Very conservative
 Not consistent with test results resulting in a widely
variable factor of safety