ABSTRACT
Bearing stress produced by a high strength bolt pressing against the side of the hole in a connected part is important only as an index to behavior of the connected part. It is of no significance to the bolt. The critical value can be derived from the case of a single bolt at the end of a tension member. (See Fig. 7.)
It has been shown, using finger-tight bolts, that a connected plate will not fail by tearing through the free edge of the material if the following relationship is satisfied.
