The bolts won’t attach to anything, but putting a bolt through the hole and a nut on the other end will increase the strength of the pieces, experts said.
I’m a civil engineer and a bolt through a hole attached to nothing else adding strength is news to me. Something is missing in this story.
>>Something is missing in this story.
Washers? Oversized nuts?
I’m guessing they might have meant that the bolt and nut restore the strength lost when the hole was drilled.
Truth? Accuracy?
I would think welding a patch on both sides of the hole would be more effective
I was waiting for one of the Pros on FR to comment on this. I’m no Rocket Engineer but at minimum I would think that a REAL fix would involve a plate on each side extending well past the “problem area” with 4 or 5 bolts on each end.
Couldn’t they bolt on light, high-strength metal plates made of titanium to add structural support without too much weight?