Bearing-Type Joints cont

The

shear stress within each bolt in the joint will

be:
A

F AT

AT = total area of m bolts

bolt can have different cross-sectional areas. If the plane passes through the unthreaded body of the bolt, the area is simply:

AB =

d 4

Bearing-Type Joints cont

If

the shear plane passes through the threaded portion of the bolt, the cross-sectional area is considered to be the tensile-stress area of the threads and can be found by: 2 n = threads per inch 0.9743 Unified: As = d 4 n
Metric:

As = (d 0.9382P ) 4

Bearing-Type Joints cont

An

example based on Fig. 23-2: the bolts are ASTM A325 steel, m = 5 bolts, F = 38 250 lb (170.1 kN), d = in (19.1 mm), n = 2 (one through the body of each bolt, one through the thread). The total cross-sectional area through the bodies of all 5 bolts and then the threads is:
5(0.75) = 2.209in 2(1425mm2) 4 2 5 0.9743 2 2 5As = 0.75 = 1.757in (1133mm ) 4 2 5AB =
2

Shigley, 1986, Standard Handbook of Machine Design

Shigley, 1986, Standard Handbook of Machine Design

Bearing-Type Joints cont

The

shear stress in each bolt will be:

= F 38250 = = 9646psi(66.5MPa) AT 2.209 + 1.757

F 38250 = = 9646psi(66.5MPa) AT 2.209 + 1.757

which is well within the shear stress allowed for A325 steel bolts.

Bearing-Type Joints cont

Stress in the Plate: to compute the tensile stress in the plates, first compute the crosssectional area of a row containing the most bolts. With references to Figs. 23-2 and 23-3, that area will be:
Tensile
B = F mdlG

A = 0.75(1.5) + 0.75(3) + 0.75(1.5) = 4.5 in2 (2903 mm2)

The

stress in 2 such cross-sections (2 splice plates) will be: F 38250

(4.5)2

= 4250psi(29.3MPa)

Bearing-Type Joints cont

These

plates will not fail; the stress level in them is well within the allowable tensile-stress value of 21.6 kpsi for A36 steel. Bearing Stresses on the Plates. If the fasteners exert too great a load on the plates, the latter can be deformed; bolt holes will elongate, for example.

Shigley, 1986, Standard Handbook of Machine Design