{"id":4898,"date":"2025-05-20T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T05:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2025-07-26T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T02:26:15","slug":"bolted-joint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/machine-design\/bolted-joint","title":{"rendered":"Bolted Joint"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bolted Joint<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Threaded fastener designed to pass through holes in mating members and to be secured by tightening a nut from the end opposite to the head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ce\/design-of-steel-structures\/bolted-connections-riveted-connections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bolt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">ANSI standard bolts and nuts of equal grades are designed to have the bolt fail before the threads in the nut are stripped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/machine-design\/bolted-joint\/#Eccentric-loading\" >Eccentric loading<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/machine-design\/bolted-joint\/#Eccentric-Load-in-Plane-Containing-the-Bolts\" >Eccentric Load in Plane Containing the Bolts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eccentric-loading\"><\/span>Eccentric loading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are many applications in which a bolted joint is subjected to eccentric loading. For example, wall bracket, pillar crane, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Following are the different cases of eccentric loading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Eccentric load in the plane containing the bolts.<\/li>\n<li>Eccentric load perpendicular to the axis of bolts.<\/li>\n<li>Eccentric load parallel to the axis of bolts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eccentric-Load-in-Plane-Containing-the-Bolts\"><\/span>Eccentric Load in Plane Containing the Bolts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">When an eccentric force is acting in the plane of bolts, it will produce two effects.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Direct <a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ce\/fluid-mechanics\/shear-stress-turbulent-flow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shear stress<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shear due to moment set up at C.G.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this case, the line of action of the force does not pass through the C.G. of the bolt system.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the design of bolt subjected to eccentric load in the plane of bolt, following procedure is used:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/torsional-shear-.jpg\" alt=\"Torsional shear \" width=\"408\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/torsional-shear-.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/torsional-shear--228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-danger\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/me\/machine-design\/types-of-joints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a> | <a class=\"btn btn-success\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/me\/machine-design\/welded-joint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<strong> Must Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/subjects\/what-is-machine-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What is Machine Design?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolted Joint Threaded fastener designed to pass through holes in mating members and to be secured by tightening a nut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1543,10],"tags":[1548,1547,1546],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-machine-design","category-me","tag-direct-shear-stress","tag-eccentric-load-in-plane-containing-the-bolts","tag-eccentric-loading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}