Loosening of threaded fasteners can cause preload decline, induce bolt fatigue fracture, and
severely compromise the reliability of mechanical products. Loosening detection is an …

Concrete structures with various reinforcements, such as steel bars, composite material
tendons, and recently steel plates, are commonly used in civil infrastructures. When an …

Structural health monitoring (SHM) of bolted joints has played a vital role in estimation of bolt
looseness and prediction of residual service life of bolted connections, thus saving money …

Looseness detection of bolted connections is an essential industrial issue that can reduce
the maintenance and repair costs caused by joint failures; however, current loosening …

Bolted joint are among the key components that enable the robust assembly of a wide
variety of structures. However, due to wear and tear over time, bolted joint may loosen, and if …

Bolted connections have been widely applied in engineering structures, loosening will
happen when bolted connections are subjected to continuous cyclic load, and a significant …

Monitoring of bolt looseness is essential for ensuring the safety and reliability of equipment
and structures with bolted connections. It is well known that tangential dam** has an …

Bolts are widely used in the fields of mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering. The
condition of bolt joints has a significant impact on the safe and reliable operation of the …

Precise measurement of bolt preload force is particularly important in the assembly process
of aviation equipment, which is directly related to the normal working performance and …

Bolted joints are fundamental building blocks and have been widely used to hold multiple
structural components together, while their looseness may lead to costly disasters in …