ABSTRACT
FIGURE19Drawingofflangefixturedesignedtoshowhowpreloadisaffectedby assemblyprocedure,useofBellevilles,andthermalcycles.
system.WhenspringswerenotuseditisapparentthatattimestheRdimensionapproached dLr(orevenexceededit).Thisexplainstheverysmallpreloadstowardthebeginningofeach pass.Anynegativeloadsareobviouslyduetomeasurementerror.
