On the stress distribution around the hole in mechanically fastened joints

In this work, different issues of mechanical engineering interests are computed for mechanically fastened joints. A study of the pin and the plate material dissimilarity was done by Iyer [Iyer, K., 2001. Solutions for contact in pinned connections. Int. J. Solids Struct. 38(50), 9133–9148] but still different aspects of the problem are remained to be mentioned. In order to have a good evaluation of the stress distribution around the hole, design factors such as plate width, edge distance, clearance and friction at the connection area were systematically varied during analyses. Based on the results, it is observed that higher friction and smaller plate width make the joints more safe.