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    Multiple Shear Lug

    Thank you rb1957, you're right, there's a peak in the central lug. I ran some analysis and saw that with the particular design solution (3+2 lug heads) is correct to assume that the central lug gets the 60% of the entire load applied in normal operating cases (without failure).
  2. frannypants

    Multiple Shear Lug

    Hi, I found online a good picture: There is a component like the one in the picture (3 lug heads) plus another one with only 2 lug heads. They are connected through a bolt.
  3. frannypants

    Multiple Shear Lug

    Hi everybody, I have a problem with a multiple shear lug (also called "finger type" on Niu's Airframe Stress Analysis and Sizing - page 323). I have to make a quick check on the lugs, and I cannot find how the shear load is reacted in the lugs in no-failure and failure cases (which lug gets...

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