Abstract
The contact stress distributions and permanent sets at the bearing surfaces in bolted joints in initial clamping state are analyzed using an elasto-plastic FEM when hexagon bolts with flanges are used. It is seen that the effect of the flange slope angle and the flange thickness are substantial on both of them. It is found that the difference in the contact stress distributions is larger between elastic analyses and elasto-plastic analyses when the bolt preload is higher. In the experiments, aluminum alloy specimens were compressed by the bolts with flanges and the permanent sets were measured. The permanent sets obtained from FEM are in a fairly good agreement with the measured results. In addition, the equivalent length for the bolt with flange is proposed.
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