0 votes 0 votes Prying forces are shearing forces on the bolts because of the joints tensile forces due to the flexibility of connected parts bending forces on the bolts because of the joints forces due the friction between connected parts Steel Structures gate2015-ce-2 structural-engineering steel-structures bolts + – Milicevic3306 asked Mar 26, 2018 • recategorized May 28, 2021 by Chandanachandu Milicevic3306 11.9k points answer See all 0 reply