Methods to Avoid Shear Load on Bolts

Protecting bolts from shear load can avoid unexpected failure if its only designed to handle axial loading. We can also optimize the bolt sizing if we can provide some measure to avoid shear stress on bolts. Let us see some methods to avoid shear load on bolts. Refer the following figures and analysis the design and keep it in mind for the future designs.

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