We have updated the lug methods for our engineering textbook and one of the best explained and best laid out classic lug analysis comes from the US Airforce Stress Manual, AFFDL-TR-69-42 and is explained in our online textbook here. We have used this as the basis for our lug analysis spreadsheets. All of the curves are fully digitized. There is a spreadsheet for each of the individual failure modes :
AA-SM-009-001 Lug Analysis – Shear Bearing Strength.xlsx
AA-SM-009-002 Lug Analysis – Axial Strength.xlsx
AA-SM-009-003 Lug Analysis – Transverse Strength.xlsx
and there is a fully automated sheet that does all of the calculations and calculates the interaction:
AA-SM-009-005 Lug Analysis – Compact Oblique.xlsx
There is also a spreadsheet that calculates the complex pin bending effect.
AA-SM-009-004 Lug Analysis – Pin Bending.xlsx
Enjoy!
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