Question: Two steel plates ( E = 2 0 0 GPa ) , each with a thickness of 1 3 mm and width 2 6 mm

Two steel plates (E =200 GPa), each with a thickness of 13 mm and width 26 mm, are connected using a lap joint. The plates are separated by a 0.1 mm thick gasket. The joint is held together using two M16(16 mm nominal diameter) bolts made of grade 4.8 steel (yield strength of 420 MPa). Each bolt is tightened to a preload of 30 kN. How much external load can be applied before the joint starts to separate, i.e. clamping load is zero?

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