AbuDhabiUniversity

CollegeofEngineering&ComputerScience

DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering
Assignment4ThreadedFasteners

MEC430MachineDesign
(DueDate:WedJune17,2015by3:00pm)

[1] A 3/4 in-16 UNF series SAE grade 5 bolt has a 3/4 in ID steel tube 10 in

long, clamped between washer faces of bolt and nut by turning the nut snug
and adding one-third of a turn. The tube OD is the washer-face diameter dw
= 1.5d = 1.5(0.75) = 1.125 in = OD.
(a) Determine the bolt stiffness, the tube stiffness, and the joint constant C.
(b) When the one-third turn-of-nut is applied, what is the initial tension Fi
in the bolt?

Solution:

[2] For a bolted assembly with six bolts, the stiffness of each bolt is kb = 3 Mlbf/in (106 lbf per inch)
and the stiffness of the members is km = 12 Mlbf/in per bolt. An external load of 80 kips (103 lbf) is
applied to the entire joint. Assume the load is equally distributed to all the bolts. It has been
determined to use 1/2 in-13 UNC grade 8 bolts with rolled threads. Assume the bolts are preloaded to
75 percent of the proof load.
(a) Determine the yielding factor of safety.
(b) Determine the overload factor of safety.
(c) Determine the factor of safety based on joint separation.

[3] The cantilever bracket is bolted to a column with three M12

1.75 ISO 5.8 bolts. The bracket is made from AISI 1020 hotrolled steel. Find the factors of safety for the following failure
modes: shear of bolts, bearing of bolts, bearing of bracket, and
bending of bracket. (Dimensions in mm).

[4 and 5] The figure illustrates the connection of a steel cylinder head to a grade 30 cast-iron pressure
vessel using N bolts. A confined gasket seal has an effective sealing diameter D. The cylinder stores
gas at a maximum pressure pg. For the specifications given in the table for the specific problem
assigned, select a suitable bolt length from the preferred sizes in Table A17, then determine the
yielding factor of safety np, the load factor nL, and the joint separation factor n0.

Solve 8-33 and 8-34.

8-33

SOLUTION:
Eq. (8-18): km = (1/4470 + 1/2159)-1 = 1456 MN/m

Note:
In the above two problems, the following equations and relations may have been used (not with the
same numbers) in the solution. These are taken from the blackboard notes.

Load Analysis and Joint

Stiffness (Cont.)
Axiallyloadedrod,
partlythreadedand
partlyunthreaded
Considereach
portionasaspring
Combineastwo
springsinseries

Load Analysis and Joint Stiffness

(Cont.)