Elastic interaction analysis investigates how the tightening of one bolt alters the load distribution and deformation of adjacent bolts and the connected components. In bolted joint assemblies, each ...

Gasketed bolted flange joints continue to be a critical component in a wide variety of industrial applications, ranging from pressure vessels to large-scale piping systems. The analysis and ...

In 1992 the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) commissioned a report to study the causes of wheel separations from medium and heavy duty trucks. The report showed that on average between 750 ...

From the buildings we work in, the data centers we depend on, and especially in the machines we design, we inevitably rely on bolted joint connections. Unfortunately, due to the perceived simplicity ...

An innovation in bolt indicators ends the guessing game for obtaining an optimum bolt preload. There are many applications in which it is crucial that a proper bolt preload should be applied and, ...