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A tie rod is a slender structural rod used as a Tie and (in most applications) capable of carrying Tensile loads only.

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SUBTYPES AND EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS

  • In Airplane structures, tie rods are sometimes used in the fuselage or wings.

  • Tie rods are often used in Steel structures, such as Bridge s, industrial buildings, Tank s, Tower s, and Crane s.

  • Sometimes tie rods are retrofitted to bowing or subsiding masonry walls (brick, block, stone, etc.) to keep them from succumbing to lateral forces.

  • The Rebar used in Reinforced Concrete is not referred to as a "tie rod", but it essentially performs some of the same tension-force-counteracting purposes that tie rods perform.

  • In Automobile s, the ''tie rods'' are part of the Steering mechanism. They differ from the archetypical tie rod by both pushing and pulling (operating in both tension and compression).

  • In Steam Locomotive s, a ''tie rod'' is a rod that connects several Driving Wheel s to transmit the power from the Connecting Rod .

  • Tie rods known as ''sag rods'' are sometimes used in connection with Purlin s to take the component of the loads which is parallel to the Roof .

  • The Spoke s of Bicycle Wheel s are tie rods.



PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES

In general, because the ratio of the archetypical tie rod's length to the Radius Of Gyration of its Cross Section is usually very large, it would buckle under the action of Compressive Force s. The working strength of a tie rod is the product of the allowable working stress and the rod's minimum cross-sectional area.
If Threads are cut into a Cylindrical rod, that minimum area occurs at the root of the thread. Often rods are upset (made thicker at the ends) so that the tie rod does not become weaker when threads are cut into it.

Tie rods may be connected at the ends in various ways, but it is desirable that the strength of the connection should be at least equal to the strength of the rod. The ends may be threaded and passed through drilled holes or Shackle s and retained by Nuts screwed on the ends. If the ends are threaded right- and left-hand the length between points of loading may be altered. This furnishes a second method for Pre-tensioning the rod at will by turning it in the nuts so that the length will be changed. A Turnbuckle will accomplish the same purpose. The ends may also be Swage d to receive a fitting which is connected to the supports. Another way of making end connections is to forge an eye or hook on the rod.

A famous Structural Failure involving tie rods is the Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse in Kansas City , Missouri , on July 17 1981 . The hotel had a large atrium with three walkways crossing it suspended from tie rods. Design and construction errors led to several of the walkways collapsing, killing 114 people and injuring over 200.


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