Re: Self Tightening Bolts, Self Locking Bolts

You are accessing this site in a read-only mode. For full access to all member benefits, including message posting, please login or register. Registration is completely free, simple, and takes only a few seconds.

The message you are replying to and its parents are listed in the reverse order with the most recent posts first. This might not be the whole discussion thread. To read all the messages in this thread please click here.

Re: Self Tightening Bolts, Self Locking Bolts

Matt Ion

08 Nov 2005 02:13

> "Figure 4.1 This picture explains the great inertia and
> centrifugal force"

As a complete aside, this reminds me of a former high-school physics
teacher's pet rant: "centrifual" force, or the observed
outward-from-center force on a spinning object, he would always insist,
is not a real force. The real force in play is centripetal force, or
the tendency of the point on the object wanting to continue in a
straight direction on tangent to the spin, is the ACTUAL force at work.
"Centrifugal" force is only an imaginary thing.

---
avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 0545-0, 11/07/2005
Tested on: 11/7/2005 6:12:53 PM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
http://www.avast.com

karl

07 Nov 2005 15:58

http://square.cjb.cc/bolts.htm

"Self Tightening Bolts theory.
Warning: this page is only a theory, not a fact."

That's a good description.

Could someone please explain what self-tightening and
self-locking bolts are and give examples. The author may
have the latter in mind.

"Figure 4.1 This picture explains the great inertia and
centrifugal force"

"When ever there is a difference in inertial force (as
pointed out with the arrows) the pulley will move. Not
180-ft-lb torque can hold the pulley still."

I wonder what this is about.

Quick links: