This book offers a practical and accessible guide to mechanics, material science, and design engineering, using real-world accident cases to illustrate key principles. It examines past accidents involving bolted joints, exploring mechanical failures, root causes, and corrective measures. It also covers essential topics, including mechanical analysis, initial tightening techniques, and fundamental design methodologies, followed by advanced discussions on strength design under axial, bending, transverse, and torsional loads. Additional chapters address loosening mechanisms, prevention strategies, and threaded joint applications in pipe fittings, along with insights into delayed fracture mechanisms, fretting fatigue countermeasures, and emerging fastening technologies. The book also provides an overview of international screw fastening standards, including ISO, JIS, and VDI 2230.

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Toshio Hattori is Professor Emeritus of Gifu University. He obtained a Ph.D. from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Hattori is a Fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers and has received awards for his achievements in the Strength of Materials Division and the Mechanical Materials & Processing Division. His research focuses on strength and reliability design technology for rotating electrical machinery, including turbine generators and gas turbines. Hattori has contributed to education and research in material mechanics, plastic mechanics, industrial material science, plastology, industrial English, and thesis guidance. He is currently providing technical consultation and lectures to manufacturing companies and writing technical books.

Tomohiro Naruse is a Professional Engineer (Mechanical) in Japan. He received his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Osaka University. Naruse has received the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal for New Technology and the High Pressure Institute of Japan Promotion Award for Science and Technology. He specializes in strength and reliability technology for products and equipment, and has been involved in research at the Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory at Hitachi, Ltd. Naruse also participates in the research committee of the Japan Research Institute for Screw Threads and Fasteners.