Yep, I am pretty sure I understand all that KK; tnx. Did you mean 'maximum tension (stress) with minimal stretch' at the end of paragraph 2?
What I wanted to try to understand is the 'why' behind thinking that the longer head bolts needed to being torqued to a higher value, as Duane brought up. What is the objective of more torque with a longer head bolt? Are they trying to get to a more consistent stress/tension/clamping value? And are the looking at proportional stretch (strain) to judge the right value of torque, rather than just torque?
