Experimental and numerical study of the fatigue strength of double lap bolted joints and the effect of torque tightening on the fatigue life of jointed plates

Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 581-588

  Esmaeili, F ^a   Zehsaz, M ^a   Chakherlou, T N ^a   Hasanifard, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bolted joint; Clamping force; Fatigue life; Finite element

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904753137     PISSN: 09722815     EISSN: 09751645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12666-014-0385-8     Document Type: Article

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