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Bolted Joint Calculator

The document calculates safety factors for bolted joints used to connect structural components. It provides specifications for bolts, flanges, and tubes. It then calculates tensile stresses, required torques, preload forces, and factors of safety against joint separation for different bolt configurations and load cases. Safety against joint opening is determined through calculations of bolt stiffness, material stiffness, joint constants, tensile load capacity, and load factors.

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Bolted Joint Calculator

The document calculates safety factors for bolted joints used to connect structural components. It provides specifications for bolts, flanges, and tubes. It then calculates tensile stresses, required torques, preload forces, and factors of safety against joint separation for different bolt configurations and load cases. Safety against joint opening is determined through calculations of bolt stiffness, material stiffness, joint constants, tensile load capacity, and load factors.

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Calculation of safety factor guarding against joint opening

Bolts:
Outer Wall Flange:
Beam tube flange:

5/16-24
Stainless Steel socket head cap screws, 1 inch long
stainless steel
stainless steel

stainless steel

stainless steel

major diameter
0.3125
0.3125
0.3125 inch
pitch
0.041666667 0.041667 0.041667
pitch diameter
0.285436708 0.285437 0.285437 inch
minor diameter
0.258373417 0.258373 0.258373 inch
Tensile stress area
0.058
0.058
0.058 sq in
Tensile stress per 1 inch-lb torque
psi
bolts
proof load
minimum tensile strength
Torque (calc from tensile stress)
Torque (calc from tensile stress)

K torque coefficient
Fi preload
d major diam
Torque from force reqmnt

4.5
5

31500
35000

31500 psi
35000 psi

86.20689655 603448.3 603448.3 in-lb


7.183908046 50287.36 50287.36 ft-lb

0.15
2500
0.3125
117.1875

0.15
0.15
1500
750 lb
0.3125
0.3125 inch
70.3125 35.15625 in-lb

preload stress

43103.44828 25862.07 12931.03

C
kb
km

0.283833102 0.283833 0.283833


4233786.975 4233787 4233787
10682679.59 10682680 10682680

ld
P, external tensile load

0.5

0.5

3500

2000

0.5
1000 lb

factor of safety against joint separation


0.997373261 1.047242 1.047242
bolt circle diameter
number of bolts
circumference
inches per bolt
load for complete circle

10.5
10.5
10.5 inch
36
36
36
32.98672286 32.98672 32.98672 inch
0.916297857 0.916298 0.916298
126000
72000
36000 lbs

crews, 1 inch long

ld

stainless steel

stainless steel

15 inch od
12 inch id
176.7146
113.0973
63.61725 sq inch projected area, insulator
15 psi
954.2588 lbs axial force due to vacuum

72 inch od
12 inch id
4071.504
9.765625

113.0973
3958.407 sq inch projected area, insulator
18 psi
71251.32 lbs axial force due to vacuum

72205.58 total axial force on insulator bolts


18 72205.58

3
6
9
12
15
18

12829.48
24704.7
36579.92
48455.14
60330.36
72205.58

DesignWorks
4-Nov-02

Bolted Joint Calculator


(OK to modify blue values, black values are locked)

TENSION CONNECTIONS
User-Specified Quantities
major diameter,d (in)
tensile stress area,At (in^2)
unthreaded length in grip, ld (in)
threaded length in grip, lt (in)
bolt modulus, Eb (psi)
clamped mat'l modulus, Em (psi)
grip length, l (in)
torque coeff., K
bolt preload, Fi (lb)
proof strength, Sp (psi)
joint tensile load, P (lb)
load factor, nl
Intermediate Computed Quantities
bolt stiffness, kb (lb/in)=
material stiffness, km (lb/in)=
joint constant, C=
major diameter area, Ad (in^2)
proof load, Fp= (lb)

CASE 1
CASE 2
0.313
0.375
0.058
0.077
0.125
0.063
0.375
0.500
30,000,000 30,000,000
10,000,000 10,000,000
1.00
1.00
0.15
0.30
850
200
33,000
85,000
1,500
1,000
1.50
2.00

3,708,254
2,858,619
0.565
0.077
1,914

4,246,935
3,671,138
0.536
0.110
6,545

14,655

2,597

40

23

For given Sp, At, Eb, Em, lt, ld, d, l, nl


For known P, Then min. preload should be= (lb)
For known preload in single bolt, Then allowable P= (lb)

643
1,256

5,472
5,915

For given Sp, At, Fi, Eb, Em, lt, ld, d, l


Bolt load factor, nl=

1.256

11.830

For given Fi, P, At, Eb, Em, lt, ld, d, l


Factor of safety against joint separation, n=

0.247

0.093

Results
For given Fi and At
Tensile stress in bolt due to Fi= (psi)
:

For given K, Fi, d


Required torque= (in-lb)

For given Sp, At


Recommended preload for reused connections= (lb)
Recommended preload for permanent connections= (lb)

BOLT CIRCLES
User-Specified Quantities
bolt circle diameter (in)
number of bolts
allowable load per bolt (lb)
Results
inches per bolt (in)
total joint tensile load (lb)

1,436
1,723

4,909
5,891

CASE 1
10.50
36
1,255

CASE 2
11
13
2,000

0.92
45,180

2.66
26,000

CASE 3 CASE 4
0.500
0.077
0.063
0.500
35,000,000
10,000,000
1.00
0.30
500
85,000
1,000
2.00

CASE 5

CASE 6

CASE 7

CASE 8

CASE 9 CASE 10 CASE 11

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0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
6,545
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5,891

0
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0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

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0

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0

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CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 CASE 6 CASE 7 CASE 8 CASE 9 CASE 10 CASE 11


11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

CASE 12 CASE 13 CASE 14 CASE 15 CASE 16 CASE 17 CASE 18 CASE 19 CASE 20

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CASE 12 CASE 13 CASE 14 CASE 15 CASE 16 CASE 17 CASE 18 CASE 19 CASE 20


11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

2.66
26,000

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