Question:
Determine the size of bolt in the cylinder head of a steam engine. The engine cylinder has a bore of 400 mm and the maximum steam pressure to which the cylinder is subjected is 1.5 N/mm2 . Cylinder head is held on the cylinder by 16 number of bolts. The permissible tensile stress for the bolt material is 25 N/mm2
Answer:
Bolt size will be M 30 or M32