What is it about?
An analytical study of how the preload in each bolt changes during the bolt tightening process
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Why is it important?
The work gives an insight and understanding of how the bolt preload varies throughout a bolted joint. The optimum joint would have the higher preloads at the bolts that contribute the most to supporting the in-plane loads on the joint by friction.
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This page is a summary of: Bolted Joint Preload Distribution from Torque Tightening, Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, November 2021, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.2478/scjme-2021-0039.
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