Abstract: A new analytical method of pin load computation for Joints with multi-rivets or multi-bolts is presented by means of mathematical theory of elasticity and classical principle of structural mechanics.A system of linear algebraic equations of the unknown pin loads is establiqLhed and several numerical examples are given. In this method,the connected plates are considered as elastic bodies and not rigid ones,then the accuracy weakness of traditional method used in machine design can be overcome. Furthermore,th...