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Table Of Contents
Calculating Screw
Connections
In this tutorial, you calculate a screw connection using the stand-alone screw calculation
function in AutoCAD
®
Mechanical.
Key Terms
DefinitionTerm
A force parallel to the screw axis.axial force
The touching surfaces of the plates, which are effective for the calcu-
lation.
contact area
The safety factor is the ratio of effective load and safe load.safety factor
A force perpendicular to the screw axis.shear force
The force acting on a member or body per unit area.stress
Methods for Calculating Screws
The Screw Calculation provides two different ways to calculate a screw
connection:
Stand-alone calculation: All data and properties are specified by the user.
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