Allowable stress
Joint shear stress
Minimum overlap length
Strength check
τ ≤ τ A
Design of optimum overlap length
Anticipates that any breakage occurs in the joint itself, and not in the basic material.
L opt = max {L min , L 1 }
where:
Meaning of used variables for metric units:
|
S US |
Joint strength in shear [MPa] |
|
k S |
Shear safety factor |
|
F |
Transferred force [N] |
|
b |
Width of connected parts [mm] |
|
s |
Thickness of connected parts [mm] |
|
S Ub |
Tensile strength of basic material [MPa] |
|
L |
Length of overlap [mm]. |
Meaning of used variables for English units:
|
S US |
Joint strength in shear [psi] |
|
k S |
Shear safety factor |
|
F |
Transferred force [lb] |
|
b |
Width of connected parts [in] |
|
s |
Thickness of connected parts [in] |
|
S Ub |
Tensile strength of basic material [psi] |
|
L |
Length of overlap [in] |