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 failure | The critical value of the axial load for restraining bolt failure (kN) |
| 0.6 | 0 | 15,690 | ā | | 0.6 | 2 | 24,515 | Restraining | 0.6 | 4 | 21,021 | Restraining | 0.6 | 6 | 20,631 | Restraining | 0.6 | 8 | 14,666 | Promoting | 0.6 | 10 | 10,560 | Promoting |
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