Most engineers who deal with bolted joints are familiar with torque tables for SAE-grade bolts, but these are all too often used without regard for the yield strength of internal threads or the bolt’s ...

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Tightening a structural-steel bolt, tiny spurts of orange silicone spread out from a washer beneath the nut. Satisfied, the ironworker moves on to the next bolt. There is nothing new about direct ...

If there’s an enduring image of how large steel structures used to be made, it’s probably the hot riveting process. You’ve probably seen grainy old black-and-white films of a riveting gang — ...