The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress, Japan
Online ISSN : 2424-2667
ISSN-L : 2424-2667
[volume title in Japanese]
Session ID : S1130302
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3D-Stress Analysis for the Bolt Thread Root in Bolt/nut Assembly
(Development of 3D-Helical Model in Zooming Method)
*Yutaka INAGAKIMasaya HAGIWARA
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There have been many efforts to estimate the fatigue strength of a bolt in bolt/nut assembly from the material strength and the local stress acting on the first thread root. Recent development of computer technology enables to obtain the local stress distribution on the thread root by using FE analysis on PC. However, FE analysis is normally performed using 2D axi-symmetric model due to the constraints such as numbers of elements and processing time to analyze complex contact problems. In 2D axi-symmetric model, the thread lead (angle) does not exist, and the effect of the incomplete thread at the bearing surface of the nut cannot be taken into account. In this study, a 3D FE model for zooming method is proposed which contains only two leads including the first thread root, which is cut out from 3D bolt/nut assembly model. In this report, the methods of meshing for both 3-D bolt/nut assembly model and 3-D helical model are concidered which are thought to be optimal.

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