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    What occures when bolt tension is higher than material yield?

    I am attaching an Aluminum_ADC12 bracket with a typical M10 bolt to rigid surface. My bolt tension values are higher than the aluminum brackets yield for the M10 bolt head. What kind of issues will I be running into? Current testing shows that I am not destroying (i.e. fracturing) the bracket...

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