Thanks Cory.
I think a large part of my struggle is with this MITCalc program. I didn't understand the VDI well enough when I evaluated the program, but now I realize it does not follow VDI 2230. MITCalc takes protions and formulas from a few different standards and combines them into one...
Thanks CoryPad.
You appear to be the local expert on VDI2230. I have really struggled to find any information or examples outside of the standard. Is this because it is a German standard and mostly used in Europe? If you could point me to any aditional resourses to help me understand this...
Hi all,
I have a copy of both the VDI 2230:2003 part 1 and MITCalc's bolted connection program. MITCalc's program doesn't fully follow the VDI 2230 in the fact that there is no easy way to input a tightening factor (alphaA). I ran the calc program to find the minimum "assembly prestressing of...