ABSTRACT
Eighteen chapters ago I described two kinds of bolted joints: those loaded in tension and
those loaded in shear. With the exception of Chapter 12, the discussion since then has been
focused on tension joints because they’re more common, their behavior is more complex, and
analyzing them is more difficult. In this last chapter, however, we’re going to take another
look at the shear joint. To be specific, we’ll study the design of such joints and will see the
ways in which the design process is the same as that for tension joints, and the many ways in
which the two differ.
