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About us:
XL-Viking was created to make working with Microsoft Excel easier and more efficient. XLViking started as an internal group at Abbott Aerospace Inc. developing Excel tools to
increase productivity, reliability and quality of engineering applications. XL-Viking was
establised as a seperate company in 2014.
Established in 2008, Abbott Aerospace helps people develop new aircraft structure and
systems and make modifications to existing structure and systems. We do all types of
aircraft - Part 23, Part 25, Civil, Military, Prototype, Experimental - and have extensive
experience with composite laminate material selection, process control, manufacture,
design, substantiation and certification.
We have made these spreadheets available through XL-Xiking and have helped in
developing the Xl-Viking add-in.

About the Abbott Aerospace Analysis Spreadsheets:

Our in-house structural analysis toolbox is our collection of spreadsheets. The sheets that
we make freely available are a small proportion of the sheets that we have developed for
our own
They
areuse.
intended to be used by engineers. They are not protected software packages and
can be changed in every way by the user.
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implied. You may these spreadsheets at your own risk. The Author will nor be liable for data
loss, damages, loss of profits or any other kind of loss while using or misusing these
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correcly if the add-in is not installed.
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Author: R. Abbott
Document Number: AA-SM-005-002
Check:
Revision Level : IR
Date: 20/10/2013
Page: 1 of 3
Title: STANDARD SPREADSHEET METHOD

BOLT BENDING
References: Michael Niu - "Airframe Stress Analysis & Sizing", Chapter 6.4
E.F. Bruhn - "Analysis & Design of Flight Vehicle Structures", para. D1.14

P
t
t
g

=
=
=
=

2000 N
6.00 mm
10.00 mm
3.30 mm

Fastener Load
Lug 1 Thickness
Lug 2 Thickness
Gap or Clearance Between the Lugs

Moment Arm:
b = t / 2 + t / 4 + g
6 / 2 + 10 / 4 + 3.3
b=
8.80 mm
Max. Bolt Moment:
MMAX = 0.5 b P
0.5 8.8 2000
MMAX =
8800 Nmm
Allowable Moment:
MALL =
25000 Nmm
MSBEND (incl 1.15 fitting factor) = MALL / MMAX - 1 =
25000 / (8800 1.15) - 1 =

1.47

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Author: R. Abbott
Document Number: AA-SM-005-002
Check:
Revision Level : IR
Date: 20/10/2013
Page: 2 of 3
Title: STANDARD SPREADSHEET METHOD

BOLT BENDING
Method taking into account the geonetry of the lug
ReferencesMichael Niu - Airframe Stress Analysis & Sizing, 9.8
Refer to previous section.
As the bolt bends, the stress distribution acting on the inner lug tends to peak rather
than form an even distribution; thus, a weak bolt can cause a lug to fail at a smaller
load than that predicted by standard methods. Peaking also results in a lower moment
arm, thus causing lower bending moment in the bolt.
The reduction factor, g, depends on the geometry of the lug, and is shown in the figure
below.

(PU)MIN is the smaller of PBRU or PTU for the inner lug, and the FTU is the ultimate
tensile strength of the lug material for the grain direction parallel to the bolt hole.

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Author: R. Abbott
Document Number: AA-SM-005-002
Check:
Revision Level : IR
Date: 20/10/2013
Page: 3 of 3
Title: STANDARD SPREADSHEET METHOD

BOLT BENDING
P
t
t
D
g
FTU
e
P

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

2000 N
6.00 mm
10.00 mm
6.35 mm
3.30 mm
427.0 MPa
12.70 mm
10000 N

ABR = D t
ABR = 6.35 10
ABR =
63.5 mm2

Fastener Load
Lug 1 Thickness
Lug 2 Thickness
Fastener Diameter
Gap or Clearance Between the Lugs
Ultimate Tensile Strength of the Inner Lug Material
Edge Distance
Smaller of PBRU or PTU for the Inner Lug

Bearing Area of the Inner Lug, ABR = D t2

r = (e / D - 0.5) (D / t)
r = (12.7 / 6.35 - 0.5) (6.35 / 10)
r=
0.95
x = P / (ABR FTU)
x = 10000 / (63.5 427)
x=
0.37
Note: The chart has not been digitized. For any values of r less or equal to 0.55,
the reduction factor g should be read from the attached chart.
g=
0.18
Reduction Factor
Bending Moment Arm:
b = t / 2 + g t / 4 + g
b = 6 / 2 + 0.184 10 / 4 + 3.3
b=
6.76 mm
Max. Bending Moment:
MMAX = 0.5 b P
MMAX = 0.5 6.76 2000
MMAX =
6761 Nmm
Allowable Moment:
MALL =
25000 Nmm
MSBEND (incl 1.15 fitting factor) = MALL / MMAX - 1 =
25000 / (6761 1.15) - 1 =

2.22

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