| 摘要 |
A load transmitting connector 13 for composite tubular shaft 11 and a method of attachment of said connector 13 to the tubular shaft 11, the connector 13 comprising: a screw threaded nut 14 having an outer surface 18 shaped to receive the composite; an annular collar 15; a screw threaded end fitting 16 for engaging the screw thread within the nut 14; and a load means 17. The nut 14 is incorporated within one end of the tubular shaft 11 during tubular shaft manufacture, the tubular shaft 11 being cured with the nut 14 insitu, the annular collar 15 is placed over the one end of the tubular shaft 11, the end fitting 16 is screwed into the nut, and the load means 17 in use axially moving the end-fitting 16 relative to the collar 15 to exert a clamping load on the composite tubular shaft 11. |
