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Key Terms
DefinitionTerm
A force parallel to the screw axis.axial force
The touching surfaces of the plates, which are effective for the calculation.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.
Calculation of an existing screw connection: The user selects an existing
screw connection to be calculated. All geometric and standard-related data
is taken from the screw connection and cannot be edited.
In this exercise, you use the stand-alone Screw Calculation. With the
standalone calculation, you can calculate a screw connection without any
prerequisites. You can specify the screw connection in detail (material,
geometry, load, settlement and tightening properties). In this exercise, you
are provided with the drawing of a screw calculation. Some values are selected
from tables, some are entered manually, and some are taken directly from the
drawing.
To open the initial drawing
Open the file tut_screw in the acadm\tutorial folder.
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