Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

5-1-2006

Publication Title

47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures

Publisher

AIAA

Volume

3

First page number:

2024

Last page number:

2032

Abstract

One of the primary parameters in analyzing bolted joints is preload in the bolt. We have considered several possible preload modeling techniques to analyze the effect of preload on the dynamic response of the bolted joints. Five different methods of applying preload in the nonlinear finite element analysis are evaluated. These methods are “force on bolt and nut”, “force on bolt shank”, “interference fit”, “thermal gradient” and “initial stress method”. Explicit and implicit analyses are used for transient response and preload generation in bolt respectively. Time history and shock response spectrum are used to compare experimental and simulation results. Simulation results compared fairly well with the experimental results.

Keywords

Bolted joints; Dynamics; Loads (Mechanics)

Disciplines

Dynamics and Dynamical Systems | Engineering Mechanics | Mechanical Engineering

Language

English

Permissions

Copyright American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Used with permission.

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