Stresses in a bottoming stud assembly with chamfers at the ends of the threads

Abstract

Three-dimensional, frozen-stress, photoelastic models of 1 in. BSW studs and tapped blocks have been loaded axially and in torsion. Detailed distributions of axial, principal, and shear stresses show that, as expected, the greatest stresses occur near the front end of engagement, but there are secondary peaks near the back end due to the stresses set up by ‘locking’ the stud at the bottom of the hole. Chamfering the first two turns of the thread of the block eliminates the stress concentration at the front of the block itself but does not reduce the stud stresses significantly. Similarly, the stresses at the back of engagement are reduced if the stud thread is chamfered.