• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2009

This study on the bolt elongation and torque measuring method by ultrasonic nod-destructive method. In the past, The dial gage was used for the elongation measurement of gas turbine bolts. The purpose of this study is to improve the traditional bolt elongation measurement method. The old method using dial gage measures the elongation of the gas turbine bolt. If the length differences among the loading bolts are within the required range, The loading torques of bolts consider as acceptable. But this method can not give the information about torque differences among the loading bolts. It could bring out vibration of turbine due to loading torque differences among the bolts. So the elongation and torque must be measured simultaneously. The new technology using ultrasonic non-destructive method can give the information about bolt elongation and torque. The ultrasonic method basically measures the speed in the bolt material for the calculation the bolt elongation. But the ultrasonic speed varies according to temperature and loading torque of bolts. So the factors of temperature and loading power were investigated and reflected to the calculation of bolt elongation and torque. The results of this study shows the big difference among the bolts torque in the old method and the torque differences among the bolts can be adjusted by reflecting the result of this study. And this torque adjusting method can decrease gas turbine vibration problem due to torque difference among the bolts. So this paper shows ultrasonic method is better than old method for the measurement of bolt elongation and torque.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.293-301
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• 2019

Bolted joints are commonly used in civil infrastructure and mechanical assembly structures. Monitoring and identifying the connection status of bolts is the frontier problem of structural research. The existing research is mainly on the looseness of a single bolt. This article presents a study of assessing the loosening/tightening health state and identifying the loose bolt by using ultrasonic guided wave in a bolt group joint. A bolt-tightening index was proposed for evaluating the looseness of a bolt connection based on correlation coefficient. The tightening/loosening state of the bolt was simulated by changing the bolt torque. More than 180 different measurement tests for total of six bolts were conducted. The results showed that with the bolt torque increases, value of the proposed bolt-tightening index increases. The proposed bolt-tightening index trend was very well reproduced by an analytical expression using a function of the torque applied with an overall percentage error lower than 5%. The developed damage index based on the proposed bolt-tightening index can also be applied to locate the loosest bolt in a bolt group joint. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, a bolt group joint experiment with different positions of bolt looseness was performed. Experimental results show that the proposed approach is effective to detect and locate bolt looseness and has a good prospect of finding applications in real-time structural monitoring.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.286-290
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• 2013

When a threaded fastener is tightened, the torque-tension relationship is highly sensitive to two friction components: thread friction and head friction. In this study, we carried out friction experiments and analyses to determine the optimum clamping torque setting for bolt joints. First, we measured the coefficients of thread friction and head friction under the same running conditions of the bolt clamping process for lubricated and non-lubricated bolts. We also measured axial tension through bolt clamping tests using lubricated and non-lubricated bolts attached to a strain gauge. Finally, we compared the experiment and theoretical results.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.43-53
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• 2008

현재 국내에서 현장 체결공법으로 채용하고 있는 토크관리법은 토크계수를 근거로 해서 간접적으로 도입축력을 제어하는 방법이기 때문에 현장에서의 토크계수 관리가 상당히 중요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 현장 시공시 볼트보관방법 및 현장관리에서 일반적으로 발생할 수 있는 주요 환경 요인 중 수분 침투, 녹 발생, 외기노출, 와셔의 오용 등 다양한 실험변수로 계획하여 토크계수의 변화에 따른 도입축력의 차이를 확인하기 위하여 실험을 수행했다. 실험에 사용된 볼트는 육각 고력볼트, TS 고력볼트, 아연피막처리 육각 고력볼트, ASTM A490 고력볼트로서 4종류로 구분하여 수행되었고, 각 볼트별로 시공환경에 따른 체결특성을 비교 분석하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.612-615
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• 2005

This studies presented truss frame which use aluminum beam by damage model. Truss frame which each joint part is contracted by bolt contracted conclusion of each bolt by 3.0 N/m. And measured impedance change that appear making bolt 0.5 N/m on damage condition 8 times. Compares impedance change of 5 segments that was set by measurement area and displayed result. To measure torque change of bolt, other damage model did not apply.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.850-853
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• 2006

This paper presents a primary study for a new method of enhancing measurement using impedance analysis method, which is widely used for structure health monitoring. Many of skyscrapers, bridges, tunnels, which have been built up several years, and nearly reached their operating life due to aging crack, material deterioration, and so on. therefore, the health monitoring technique has obtained considerable attention. The usage of the PZT sensor is proposed, and the coupling torque of bolt-connection overlapping beam is assumed. By using the torque wrench, it is easy to apply torque of different values to each bolt. The coupling torque is adjusted gradually from $3N{\cdot}m\;to\;0N{\cdot}m$ with the decrement of $1N{\cdot}m$. Simultaneously, the impedance peak variation is measured. The peak frequency variation can be determined through the change of bolt coupling torque.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제12권2호통권45호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2000

마찰접합용 고장력 볼트 셋트의 관련 규격에서 허용하는 치수공차 범위 내에서 너트 구멍의 편심과 와셔 구멍 지름의 공차는 체결 시 편심에 의한 접촉면적의 결손을 초래하고 체결력의 산포를 유발하는 요인이 된다. 편평한 너트 자리면과 와셔의 접촉시 분포되는 압력의 비선형성을 고려하여 편평한 자리면 형상을 원호곡면으로 바꾸면 초기 선 접촉은 체결이 진행됨에 따라 면 접촉으로 발전한다. 원호 접촉면은 편심에 의한 접촉면적의 결손을 감소시켜 접촉상태가 양호해지므로 자리면 마찰토크(체결력) 안정화에 기여하게 된다. 유한요소법으로 너트와 와셔 접촉면의 압력을 구하고 나사면과 자리면의 마찰계수는 토크계수 A, B급이 포함되도록 조합하고 최대편심 시 토크계수를 계산하였다. 토크계수의 분포로부터 원호자리면의 적정 곡률반지름이 결정된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.843-852
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• 2013

This paper presents results of the effect of different bolt tightening sequences and methods on the performance of gasketed bolted flange joint using nonlinear finite element analysis. Bolt preload scatter due to elastic interactions, flange stress variation and bolt bending due to flange rotation and gasket contact stress variation is difficult to eliminate in torque control method i.e. tightening one bolt at a time. Although stretch control method (tightening more than one bolt at time) eradicates the bolt preload scatter, flange stress variation is relatively high. Flange joint's performance is compared to establish relative merits and demerits of both the methods and different bolt tightening sequences.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권8호
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• pp.917-923
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• 2014

휴대폰과 같은 전자제품의 소형화로 체결 부품도 소형화가 요구된다. 초소형 볼트의 머리부분 두께 감소 요구에 따라 체결시 볼트 머리부 파손으로 충분한 체결력을 확보하는데 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 볼트 깊이에 따른 체결 토크를 해석적으로 예측하여 비트 형상 설계에 활용하고자 한다. 볼트 머리부는 주로 전단 파손이 발생하기 때문에, 볼트용 선재의 전단 실험을 통하여 파손 기준을 설정하였다. 그리고, 설정된 전단파손 기준을 바탕으로 체결시 파손 형상과 최대 체결 토크를 예측하였다. 또한, 머리부에 성형되는 비트의 깊이에 따른 최대 체결토크을 예측하였다. 비트 깊이가 깊을수록 볼트 머리와 나사부의 경계에서 응력 집중으로 파손이 빨리 발생하고, 최대 체결 토크도 작아짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.523-528
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• 2015

As the sizes of mobile phones and watch phones decrease, the joining bolt for the products should also be decreased to a miniature size. However, the miniature-sized bolt has to support sufficient joining and anti-releasing torque to keep the product fastened. In this study, the thread shapes are designed to improve anti-releasing performance of bolts. Especially, when bolt materials is stronger than nut materials, the design of thread shapes is needed, like bolt for wood, to improve the fastening capability. Through the joining and releasing analyses of bolts, the thread shapes for SUS302 bolt and Mg alloy nut are newly designed. It was shown that the newly designed bolt has 20 % higher anti-releasing torque and 35% lower torque loosening slope compared to the standard bolt.