The effect of tight clamping on the fatigue strength of joints

dc.contributor.author	W. A. P. Fisher	en_US
dc.contributor.author	W. J. Winkworth	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-21T15:53:20Z
dc.date.available	2014-10-21T15:53:20Z
dc.date.issued	1952	en_US
dc.identifier.other	ARC/R&M-2873	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://reports.aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826.2/3430
dc.description.abstract	The effect of clamping on the fatigue strength of joints in aluminium alloy is investigated experimentally. Tests on Z-section stringers connected to long, slotted cleats give an endurance for tightly clamped joints about nine times that for unclamped joints. Tests of bolted joints in aluminium alloy sheet material show still greater improvement for very tight clamping. In both series of tests, the clamping tends to cancel the weakness in fatigue of a loaded hole. Tight clamping is considered to have many applications in design of aircraft joints from the standpoint of fatigue strength.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Aeronautical Research Council Reports & Memoranda	en_US
dc.title	The effect of tight clamping on the fatigue strength of joints	en_US