Research Article

Competitive Failure of Loosening and Fatigue of Bolts under Composite Excitation

Table 3

Calculation of the critical value of the axial load for restraining bolt failure.

Transverse displacement amplitude (mm)Axial load amplitude (kN)N (cycles)Effect of axial load on bolt failureThe critical value of the axial load for restraining bolt failure (kN)

0.6015,690—
0.6224,515Restraining
0.6421,021Restraining
0.6620,631Restraining
0.6814,666Promoting
0.61010,560Promoting