Areas of contact and pressure distribution in bolted joints

When two plates are bolted (or riveted) together these will be in contact in the immediate vicinity of the bolt heads and separated beyond it. The pressure distribution and size of the contact zone is of considerable interest in the study of heat transfer across bolted joints. The pressure distribut...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gould, Herbert Hirsch, Mikic, B. B.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Sponsored Research.
Format: Technical Report
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Engineering Projects Laboratory, [1970] 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61452