Tutorial: Bolted Joints and Tribomechadynamics

The mechanics of jointed structures is a challenging research area that necessitates collaboration from multiple disciplines. Traditionally, jointed structures have been studied in isolation by three major fields - structural dynamics, contact mechanics, and tribology. The foundation of the field of tribomechadynamics is in the notion that collaboration between these three fields is necessary to advance the state-of-the-art for joint modeling. In this tutorial, the state-of-practice, state-of-the-art, and cutting edge research for joint mechanics is presented.