Abstract
This paper deals with the strength characteristics of combination joints of adhesions with bolts. Firstly, the stress distributions in adhesives and the variant of bolt axial force are analyzed when an external load is applied to the combination joint, in which two hollow cylinders are clamped by a bolt and a nut with an initial clamping force after they are joined by an adhesion. For verification, experiments are performed. Analytical results are in fairly good agreements with experimental ones. Then, it is seen that the strength of the combination joint is greater than that of the adhesive joint and that the variant of bolt axial force in the combination joint is less than that in the bolted joint. In addition, the strength characteristics of T-type butt adhesive joint combined with bolts from both analyses and experiments are discussed. The characteristics of combination joints are made clear.
