Abstract
This study aims at the development of the strength design system applied to the general bolted joints, and as a case study, the strength design. method for the connecting rod joints has been treated. From the standpoint of the systematization on the strength design for the general bolted joints, the connecting rod joint is modeled to the prismatic parts clamped by a set of bolt and nut (singlebolted joint model), and the strength design of the connecting rod bolts is discussed through the strength design for the obtained model. Furthermore, the experiments concerning the stress on the bolt are performed in order to investigate the applicability of the newly developed method, and the results by the above-mentioned method are compared with the experimental results. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The strength design method is developed where the connecting rod joint is modeled to the single-bolted joint. (2) The experiments concerning the stress on the connecting rod bolts are performed, and the analytical results by the above-mentioned method show a good agreement with the experimental results.
