Fastener Design Manual - NASA Reference Publication 1229 (1990)

[alantani]

did i ever mention that my younger brother was a satellite engineer?  yup, the kid is one step over from a friggin' rocket scientist.  anyway, he sent me this nasa publication from 1990.  it's everything you ever wanted to know about fasteners.  it's an interesting read. 

http://gltrs.grc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/GLTRS/browse.pl?1990/RP-1228.html