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Aluminium Design and Construction John Dwight

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Figure 12.8 Endurance curves for steel bolts.<br />

When fatigue needs to be checked for stainless steel bolts, used in an<br />

aluminium structure, it is suggested that the same endurance curves<br />

may be employed as those provided for ordinary steel ones, in view of<br />

the lack of readily available curves specific to stainless steel. This<br />

suggestion is believed to be valid if the bolts have rolled threads, but<br />

not necessarily with cut threads.<br />

12.9.3 Variation of bolt tension<br />

Figure 12.9 shows the typical variation in bolt tension T with the force T1 ,<br />

defined as the applied force (per bolt) tending to pull the components<br />

apart. If the bolt were done up finger-tight, we would have T=T1 all the<br />

way (line 1). If, however, the bolt is tightened to an initial preload T0 , the<br />

response will at first follow line 2, until separation occurs at C, after which<br />

Figure 12.9 Variation of bolt tension T with applied external force T 1 .<br />

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