Predicting The Axial Load Of Capacity Of Joints Formed By V-Band Retainers

Abstract

V-band retainers are widely used in the automotive, aircraft and aerospace industries to connect a pair of circular flanges to provide a joint with good axial strength and torsional rigidity. V-band retainers are manufactured using a cold rolling process. Despite their wide application, once assembled to a pair of flanges little is known about the interaction between flange and band. Moreover the failure mode of V-band clamps when applying an axial load is not fully understood