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Yielding Fasteners: Insights from Gill by Aristotle Medina is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1. The document summarizes a landmark 1975 paper by Peter Gill that proved yielding of fasteners during tightening is advantageous, not detrimental to clamping force. 2. Gill demonstrated that tightening bolts well beyond yield does not reduce their ability to exert clamping force on joint members under service loads. 3. The paper showed that high pretension from beyond-yield tightening improves bolt fatigue resistance, load transfer through friction, and resistance to loosening.
- Author
- Aristotle Medina
- Language
- EN