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Improving the life and sealing of bolt joints in aircraft

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New bolts with a countersunk head are considered. The bolts extend joint life, while maintaining the required air-tightness and surface quality.

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  1. Bauman Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Dunaev & A. A. Shirshov

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Dunaev, A.A. Shirshov, 2009, published in Vestnik Mashinostroeniya, 2009, No. 12, pp. 3–9.

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Dunaev, V.V., Shirshov, A.A. Improving the life and sealing of bolt joints in aircraft. Russ. Engin. Res. 29, 1199–1205 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068798X09120016

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