They hold together everything from the most delicate watch to the largest bridge. The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t often give a thought to these ...

Designers typically qualify clamp force of a bolted joint by the amount of torque applied to fasteners holding it, either as they're tightened or after the fact. The approach may be adequate for many ...

An Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints, John G. Bickford, 1995 Threaded-fastener technology has been around since screws were used at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the 7th ...