Berkshire, Thanks for the reply!
Yes it appears that the shaft was broken at the last thread.
This bolt had been installed four years ago.
In order to test it, many falls were taken, which would have introduced a dynamic load, as opposed to just hanging there.
I am thinking that since the rod...
I have a climber with two broken feet.
He was clipped into a Ti bolt that was installed in a rock ceiling.
I need to know how to calculate the stresses on this part for a failure analysis report, but the math is a little fuzzy.
Here is the bolt in question:
Here is one end of the bolt that...
