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

The document describes the elastic method for calculating bolt stresses. It involves breaking forces into horizontal and vertical components, combining moments, and finding bolt stresses due to forces and moments. Bolt stresses due to moment are perpendicular to radial lines from the bolt group center. The resultant stress in each bolt equals the vector sum of applied stresses. The elastic method is easy to use but conservative, resulting in a variable factor of safety inconsistent with test results.

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47 views

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

The document describes the elastic method for calculating bolt stresses. It involves breaking forces into horizontal and vertical components, combining moments, and finding bolt stresses due to forces and moments. Bolt stresses due to moment are perpendicular to radial lines from the bolt group center. The resultant stress in each bolt equals the vector sum of applied stresses. The elastic method is easy to use but conservative, resulting in a variable factor of safety inconsistent with test results.

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Christian Pinto
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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

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