ABSTRACT
This book is intended to give you an introduction to the design and behavior of bolted joints and
hopefully will help you become better designers, assemblers, or users of such joints, or help you
analyze and prevent joint failures. The subject is a complex one, which is why a two volume text
of well over 1000 pages can be considered only an introduction. The material presented here,
however, should be all the information that many or most people need. Numerous references at
the end of each chapter lead the way to further details for those who need or want to know more.
