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Course Overview

A bolt pattern is arrangement of bolted joints, typically four or more, that connect two or more components together. This course details the methodology to resolve forces and moments applied to a bolt pattern into axial and shear loads acting on the individual bolted joints in the pattern.

This course discusses:

• In-plane and out-of-plane eccentric shear loading on a bolt pattern
• A generalized approach to distributing loads over a pattern
• Properties of bolt patterns
• Forces and moments at the centroid of a pattern
• Axial and shear forces on individual bolted joints

Course Content

Quiz

After you pass the quiz, you will receive a certificate of completion, which you may access within your Account page. You may present this certificate to your state licensing board as proof of course completion.