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Section 3 / joints, fasteners, and fittings

Joints, Fasteners, and Fittings

Bearing, bypass, tear-out, net-section, lug, pin, bolted-joint, insert, and fitting load transfer checks.

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HSB Fastener Review — concentric preloaded joint capability per HSB 63120-01 / VDI 2230 practice: torque-to-preload range, joint stiffness, residual clamp, fatigue and bearing checks.

Concentric preloaded bolted joint diagram
Open HSB Fastener Review → 🔒 Passcode required — use site passcode
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Triangular/rectangular gusset plate capability screen: ESDU/Bruhn-style plate buckling, Euler column buckling of the loaded strip, and fastener bearing, shear-out and net-section strength, with margins of safety.

Gusset plate schematic
Open Gusset Plate Analysis → 🔒 Passcode required — use site passcode
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FEM fastener PBUSH shear and axial stiffness from Huth's published semi-empirical fastener flexibility method, plus a fastener shear-stress margin check.

Bushing PBUSH stiffness diagram
Open Bushing (PBUSH) Stiffness Analysis → 🔒 Passcode required — use site passcode
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Hub-and-shaft shrink fit / interference fit capability screen using Hamrock's published LamΓ© thick-cylinder interference-fit theory: interference pressure, radial interference, hub and shaft stresses, thermal assembly gap, and margins of safety.

Shrink fit interference diagram
Open Shrink Fit / Interference Fit Analysis → 🔒 Passcode required — use site passcode
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VDI 2230 / MIL-HDBK-60 style bolt preload analysis: torque-to-preload, tightening von Mises equivalent stress and utilization ratio, embedding (settling) preload loss, and residual-clamp margins.

Bolt preload VDI 2230 diagram
Open Bolt Preload Analysis (VDI 2230) → 🔒 Passcode required — use site passcode
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ESDU 87007 / Bruhn-Niu style clevis lug and pin static-strength review: net-tension, shear-bearing and transverse lug efficiency checks, Cozzone pin bending, pin shear, and spherical bearing margins.

ESDU lug and pin bearing diagram
Open ESDU Lug & Pin Bearing Analysis → 🔒 Passcode required — use site passcode
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Bruhn/Niu style rigid-plate fastener-group analysis: centroid, polar moment of inertia, per-fastener direct and torsional load distribution under combined shear and moment, and critical-fastener margin.

Fastener group bolt pattern diagram
Open Fastener Group / Bolt Pattern Analysis → 🔒 Passcode required — use site passcode
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Thread shear areas and stripping loads for the bolt and the nut or tapped hole, the bolt tensile capacity and the engagement length needed to balance them.

A bolt in a threaded hole with shear planes marked.
Open Thread Shear & Stripping → 🔒 Login required
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Bending moment, shear, bearing and combined bending-shear margin for a bolt or pin in double shear through a lug and clevis.

A bolt through a lug and two clevis plates with a bending moment diagram.
Open Bolt Bending & Shear → 🔒 Login required
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Throat stress and margins for a fillet weld group under shear, torsion, axial force and bending using the weld-as-a-line method.

Two parallel fillet welds on a bracket with an offset load.
Open Fillet Weld Group Stress → 🔒 Login required
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Bolt loads for gasket seating and operation, required bolt area, bolt margin and gasket contact stress for a bolted flange.

A flange with a gasket and bolts.
Open Flange & Gasket Loads → 🔒 Login required
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Shear load on each fastener of a pattern under an eccentric load: direct and torsional parts, worst fastener and margin.

A fastener pattern with an eccentric load.
Open Fastener Group Shear → 🔒 Login required
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Preload from tightening torque with a nut factor, preload spread from wrench and friction scatter, and bolt stress margin.

A bolt being tightened with a torque wrench.
Open Bolt Torque-Tension → 🔒 Login required
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Shear and bearing stress in a rectangular shaft key, shaft shear stress, margins and required key length.

A shaft with a keyed hub.
Open Shaft Key Torque → 🔒 Login required
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Peak bending moment, stresses and margins for a pin in double shear through a center lug and two outer lugs.

A pin through a clevis fitting.
Open Clevis Pin Bending → 🔒 Login required
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Contact pressure, hub bore stress and friction torque capacity of a solid shaft pressed into a hub.

A shaft pressed into a hub.
Open Press Fit → 🔒 Login required
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Rivet shear, plate bearing and net-section capacity and margin for a riveted lap joint.

A riveted lap joint.
Open Riveted Lap Joint → 🔒 Login required
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Peak and average adhesive shear stress and margins in a single-lap bonded joint.

A bonded lap joint under tension.
Open Bonded Lap Joint → 🔒 Login required
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Output force, pin reaction and bearing stress of a bellcrank with two arms at an angle.

A bellcrank with two arms and a pivot pin.
Open Bellcrank Pin Load → 🔒 Login required
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Pressure load on a plug door and the load per stop fitting with a sharing factor.

A plug door with stop fittings around the edge under pressure.
Open Door Stop Loads → 🔒 Login required
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Alternating and mean bolt stress with Goodman and yield margins.

A bolt carrying a fluctuating load.
Open Bolt Fatigue → 🔒 Login required
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The right bolt length depends on the stack it clamps, the washer and the nut, plus thread showing past the nut.

Diagram of bolt length from the grip.
Open Bolt Length from the Grip → 🔒 Login required