Clamp Load Loss in a Bolted Joint Model With Plastic Bolt Elongation and Eccentric Service Load

Author(s):  
Xianjie Yang ◽  
Sayed Nassar ◽  
Zhijun Wu ◽  
Aidong Meng

The nonlinear plastic deformation behavior of a clamped bolted joint model under a separating service load is investigated using analytical, finite element, and experimental techniques. An elastic-plastic model is used for the bolt material while the joint material remains in the linear elastic range. Both the analytical and FEA models investigate the variation in the tension of a preloaded bolt, and the corresponding change in the joint clamp load, due to a separating service load that is placed away from the bolt center. Experimental verification is provided for both the analytical and finite element results on the bolt tension variation, clamp load variation and the clamp load loss caused by the incremental plastic bolt elongation under cyclic separating force.

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianjie Yang ◽  
Sayed A. Nassar ◽  
Zhijun Wu ◽  
Aidong Meng

The nonlinear plastic deformation behavior of a clamped bolted joint model under a separating service load is investigated using analytical, finite element, and experimental techniques. An elastic-plastic model is used for the bolt material while the joint material remains in the linear elastic range. Both the analytical and finite element analysis (FEA) models investigate the variation in the tension of a preloaded bolt due to a separating service load that acts with an offset from the bolt center. Experimental verification is provided for both the analytical and finite element results on the bolt tension variation, clamp load variation and the clamp load loss caused by the incremental plastic bolt elongation under cyclic separating force.


2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayed A. Nassar ◽  
Xianjie Yang ◽  
Satya Vijay Teja Gandham ◽  
Zhijun Wu

The nonlinear deformation behavior of clamped bolted joints under a separating service load is investigated using finite element and experimental techniques. Although the materials for the bolted joint remain in the linear elastic range, the interface contact area between the clamped plates is sensitive to both the magnitude and the location of the separating force. This often causes nonlinear deformation behavior of the bolted joint. This finite element analysis study investigates the variation in the tension of a tightened bolt and the corresponding change in the joint clamp load due to a separating service load that is placed at various distances from the bolt center. The separating force is symmetrically placed at locations (from the bolt center) that are equal to 3–5 times the nominal diameter of the bolt. Experimental verification of the finite element results is provided.


2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 1574-1577 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Krishnaiah ◽  
K. Kumaran ◽  
Chakkingal Uday

Equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) is a severe plastic deformation (SPD) method for obtaining bulk nanostructured materials. The ECAE die consists of two equal channels that intersect at an angle, usually between 90° and 135°. In the present study, the plastic deformation behavior of the Cu during the ECAE process with 120° die through multiple passes was investigated. Finite element modelling was included in order to analyze the deformation behavior as the material passes through the die. In order to perform the FEM simulations the properties of the commercial purity Cu have been selected.


2008 ◽  
Vol 594 ◽  
pp. 90-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dyi Cheng Chen ◽  
Jia Ci Wang ◽  
Gow Yi Tzou

This study investigates a novel changing channel angular (CCA) extrusion process, in which high strains are induced within the billet by passing it through a series of channels of unequal cross-sections arranged such that they form specified internal angles. Using commercial DEFORMTM 2D rigid-plastic finite element code, the plastic deformation behavior of CuZn37 brass alloy is examined during one-turn and two-turn CCA extrusion processing in dies with internal angles of φ =90o, 120o, 135o or 150o, respectively. The simulations focus specifically on the effects of the processing conditions on the effective strain, the rotation angle and the effective stress induced within the extruded billet. The numerical results provide valuable insights into the shear plastic deformation behavior of CuZn37 brass alloy during the CCA extrusion process.


2012 ◽  
Vol 499 ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Xiao Feng Liu ◽  
Lian Fa Yang ◽  
Yu Xian Zhang

Tubular components are widely used in the areas of automotive and aerospace industries due to their excellent properties. A mathematical model considering the bulged region as a parabola curve is proposed to examine the plastic deformation behavior of a thin-walled tube during the free hydro-bulged process. The finite element simulations of the free hydro-bulging process are carried out to verify the approach indirectly. The results indicate that the model is accurate and acceptable to figure out the circumferential radius, wall thickness and axial radius of the bulged profile.


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