flange plate question
 

flange plate question
i have need for a reliable way to check the stresses in a circular bolt pattern on a circular flange plate that joins two vertical shafts together. is there some software out there that can give me the max bolt tension and plate thickness required?
i know the ultra conservative way would be to use a p/a + m/s method with pretensioned bolts, but when you encounter very high loads you just can't put enough bolts in place to accomplish this. any help would be appreciated.
william ford
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is this for a torsion or normal load?
imagineer
to: markrpflow (industrial)
thanx for mentioning the sites, but neither has any software that will do the job.
to: imagineer (structural)
the connection is subjected to it all ---- moment, shear, axial and torsion.
i appreciate your interest in this problem.
wyf (the polecat)