Abstract: | Many of boiled collections in general applications are eccentrically clamped and held under eccentric loading. Foc straight designs, il is important to estimate their fatigue strength under such conditions. In this study, 5 bolted connections of the same geometry were eccentrically clamped in different positions with the same clamping force for evaluation of their fatigue strengths. In the first place, theoretical formulae for the fatigue limits of the bolted connections were derived from the fatigue limit diagrams of the single bolls, with the reduction in initial clamping force due to clamping in the plastic region taken into account. In the second place, experimental values were obtained and analyzed through comparison with the theoretical values. |
