FLANGED BOLT

COUPLINGS
 Flanged Bolt Couplings
The load in any bolt is given by the equation:

=(

where:
A = area of bolt
= Shearing Stress
 Flanged Bolt Couplings
A flanged bolt coupling is commonly used between
connection of two shafts. It consists of flanges
rigidly attached to the ends of the shafts and bolted
together.
 Flanged Bolt Couplings
If a coupling has two concentric rows of bolts, the torque
capacity can be computed by:

𝑻 = 𝑷 𝟏 𝑹 𝟏 𝒏𝟏+ 𝑷 𝟐 𝑹𝟐 𝒏𝟐

where the subscript 1 refer to

bolts on the outer circle and
subscript 2 refer to bolts on
the inner circle.
 Flanged Bolt Couplings
The torque resistance of a bolt is given by the formula:

𝑻 = 𝑷𝑹
where: P = Force, R =
Radius
Therefore the torque capacity for any
number of bolts is:
𝟐
𝝅𝒅
𝑻 = 𝑷𝑹𝒏= 𝝉 𝑹𝒏
𝟒
 Flanged Bolt Couplings
For rigid flanges, the shear deformations in the bolts are
proportional to their radial distances from the shaft axis.

𝚼𝟏 𝚼𝟐
=
𝑹𝟏 𝑹𝟐

Using Hooke’s Law for shear, (

𝝉𝟏 𝝉𝟐 𝑷 𝟏 / 𝑨𝟏 𝑷 𝟐 / 𝑨 𝟐
= or =
𝑮𝟏 𝑹𝟏 𝑮𝟐 𝑹𝟐 𝑮𝟏 𝑹 𝟏 𝑮𝟐 𝑹𝟐
 Flanged Bolt Couplings
If the are of bolts on the two circles is equal
= ) and if the materials used are the same
= ), the relation can be simplified as:

𝑷𝟏 𝑷𝟐
=
𝑹𝟏 𝑹𝟐

For three or more concentric bolt circles,

similar procedure can be used.
Problem 1:
A flanged bolt coupling consists of eight 20-mm in diameter steel
bolts spaced evenly around a bolt circuit 300mm in diameter.
Determine the torque capacity of the coupling if the allowable stress
(shearing) in the bolts is 40Mpa.
Solution 1:
Given:
D = 20 mm 𝝉 = 40 MPa
R = 150 mm n=8

𝝉=; P=A𝝉
T = PRn
T = (A𝝉)Rn
T = (40Mpa)()(150mm)(8)

T = 15080 N•m or 15.080 kN•m

Problem 2:
A flanged bolt coupling consists of six 10mm
diameter steel bolts on a circle 300mm in
diameter, and four 10mm diameter steel bolts
on a concentric bolt circle 200mm in diameter.
What torque can be applied without exceeding
a shearing stress of 60MPa in the bolts?
Solution 2:
Given: Req’d:
n1 = 6 T
d1 = 20 mm
R1 =150mm

n2 = 10
d2 = 8
r2 = 100mm
Solution 2:
𝑃1 𝑃2
=
𝐴 1 𝐺1 𝑅1 𝐴2 𝐺2 𝑅2

60 𝑃1 𝑃2
=
𝑅1 𝑅2
𝑃 1=4712.39 𝑁 4712.4 𝑃2
=
150 𝑚𝑚 100 𝑚𝑚

𝑃 1=3141.6 𝑁
 Solution 2:
𝑇 =𝑃 1 𝑅 1 𝑛1 + 𝑃 2 𝑅2 𝑛2

𝑇 =( 4712.39 ) (150 𝑚𝑚 ) (
150
1000 )
( 6 ) +(3141.6 )(
100
1000
)(4)

𝑇 =5497.8 𝑁𝑚
Problem 3:
Determine the number of 10mm diameter
steel bolts that must be used on the
300mm bolt circle of the coupling
described in Problem 2 to increase the
torque capacity to 8KNm.
Solution 3:

𝑛=9.54≈ 10