Question
4. Two identical steel plates are each 1 in thick, and are compressed with one bolt (1/4-20 UNC grade 8) and nut. Washers are used under the head of the bolt and under the nut. a) Determine a suitable length of the bolt, rounded up to the nearest 1/4" b) Determine the bolt stiffness, assuming E = 30x10^6. c) Determine