Joints-Member Stiffness

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Stiffness of the members in the Clamp Zone

They act like compressive springs in Series

If one of the member is a soft gasket so its stiffness is very small to

other members hence other can be neglected for all practical
purposes and only gasket stiffness used

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If there is No Gasket then it is very difficult to find the stiffness
except by experimentation

The difficulty is mainly because of the compressive spreads out

between the bolt head and the Nut and hence the area is not
uniform

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According to the Text we should use for
hardened steel, cast iron and Aluminum
Members
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(a)

Area of the Element

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 OR

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(a)

Area of the Element

x
d/2

y D/2

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Dimensionless stiffness from the above
equation

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