Abstract:
A bolted joint for connecting a cover of an opening in a primary structure of a lifting surface of an aircraft to the primary structure. The bolted joint includes two first bolted joints on either side of a symmetry axis of the cover arranged without any lateral clearance, two second bolted joints on either side of the symmetry axis on the side of the cover opposite to that of the two first bolted joints, arranged without any lateral clearance in the holes of the primary structure and with a linear lateral clearance in the holes of the cover; a plurality of third bolted joints along the border of the cover arranged without any lateral clearance in the holes of the primary structure and with a radial clearance in the holes of the cover.