Paper Title :An Experimental Study of Tightening Effects on Threaded Fasteners with Enlarged Thread Fillet Radius

Author :Nikhil Mohan Vyas, Satish B. Purohit

Article Citation :Nikhil Mohan Vyas ,Satish B. Purohit , (2017 ) " An Experimental Study of Tightening Effects on Threaded Fasteners with Enlarged Thread Fillet Radius " , International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE) , pp. 125-129, Volume-5,Issue-12

Abstract : The uniform thread engagement of nut -bolt makes the stress distribution between the threads more uniform and thus the nut-bolt assembly becomes more reliable. But due to the manufacturing variables the stresses in the nut and bolt assembly during tightening and the load sharing of individual mating threads remain non-uniform in general.Studies have confirmed that the threads of nut-bolt assembly experience stresses being geometrically distributed, initiating from maximum at the first thread which is near to bearing surface and then reducing subsequently. A large fillet radius at the thread root which is more than the standard is proposed and to realise the effects, undercutting is done within the thread root profile of ISO standard M24 bolts so as to induce elasticity in threads and changing the stress distribution from geometric to simple arithmetic. Four specimens with different undercuts are investigated experimentally for proving the effectiveness of the proposed modifications. The effect of tightening torque is observed on one experimental set up. The results are compared between the existing and corrected thread profiles and the corrected thread profile has given better results. Keywords - Stress Distribution, Fillet Radius, Undercutting, Tightening Force.

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-5,Issue-12

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