Standard Bolts Shear Area Calcs
Standard Bolts Shear Area Calcs
Standard Bolts Shear Area Calcs
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All countries in the world except USA, Liberia, and Myanmar use millimeters (mm). USA citizens: Conversion factor is
25.400000 mm/inch. Areas herein are accurate to five significant digits using exact converted USA diameters and pitches (not rounded USA
diameters and pitches listed herein). M and MJ are metric thread profiles. Size designations not beginning with "M" in Table 1 are UN and
UNJ thread profiles (non-metric). Blank values in Table 1 mean nonexistent fastener size. Dark shaded values mean typically never used and
typically unavailable fastener size.
Table 1 Standard Metric and USA Bolt Shank Dimensions (All dimensions in units of mm or mm2 unless otherwise specified.)
Coarse Pitch Threads
1.5240
1.6000
1.8542
2.0000
2.1844
2.5000
2.5146
2.8448
3.0000
3.5000
3.5052
4.0000
4.1656
4.8260
5.0000
5.4864
6.0000
6.3500
7.9375
8.0000
9.5250
10.000
11.112
12.000
12.700
14.000
14.288
15.875
16.000
19.050
20.000
22.000
22.225
24.000
25.400
27.000
28.575
30.000
31.750
1.8241
2.0106
2.7002
3.1416
3.7476
4.9087
4.9662
6.3561
7.0686
9.6211
9.6497
12.566
13.628
18.292
19.635
23.641
28.274
31.669
49.483
50.265
71.256
78.540
96.987
113.10
126.68
153.94
160.33
197.93
201.06
285.02
314.16
380.13
387.95
452.39
506.71
572.56
641.30
706.86
791.73
64
56
48
40
32
32
24
24
20
18
16
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
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1.2700
1.6915
2.0732
2.3847
3.3908
3.1386
3.8922
5.0308
6.7752
5.8615
8.7787
9.0379
11.311
14.183
15.590
20.123
20.530
33.826
36.609
49.994
57.990
68.586
84.267
91.548
115.44
117.38
145.81
156.67
215.78
244.79
303.40
297.89
352.50
390.80
459.41
492.44
560.59
625.23
1.4799
2.0016
2.3784
2.8049
3.8280
3.7014
4.6467
5.6210
7.5979
7.0199
9.8720
10.464
13.452
15.766
18.088
22.484
23.976
38.715
40.581
56.663
63.981
77.508
92.687
102.63
126.70
130.96
162.30
169.74
237.79
265.22
326.09
326.59
381.91
427.77
492.90
539.88
603.79
678.55
80
72
64
56
48
40
36
32
28
28
24
24
20
20
18
18
16
14
12
12
12
23.467
37.462
39.167
56.663
61.199
76.591
92.072
103.20
124.55
130.96
165.13
167.25
240.62
271.50
333.06
328.69
384.42
427.77
495.74
552.08
621.20
692.22
26.065
41.284
42.435
61.342
66.304
83.123
98.311
110.76
133.26
140.42
175.74
177.32
255.00
284.30
347.21
347.90
404.74
453.34
518.79
581.08
646.97
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M33
1.3750
M36
1.5000
33.000
34.925
36.000
38.100
855.30
957.99
1017.9
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693.55
745.09 813.09
816.72 876.26
906.62 981.47
12
12
760.80
848.20
914.53
1020.0
789.29
884.06
945.74
1059.3
* M22 x 2.5 and M27 x 3 for high strength structural steel fasteners only.
M and MJ are metric thread profiles. Size designations not beginning with "M" in Table 1 are UN and UNJ thread profiles (non-metric), no
longer used anywhere in the world except in a few behind-the-times organizations in USA.
You can look up each value in Table 1, above, or you can use the Table 2 formulas to calculate the values yourself. In the
following table, Dn is nominal shank diameter (fastener size) from Table 1. Pitch p is fastener longitudinal length per thread.
Note that p = 1 / n, where n = threads per unit length. Le is thread engagement length.
Table 2 Bolt Shank Geometric Formulas
Fastener Stress Analysis
Quantity Description
Symbol
60
60
60
Minor diameter
Dm
Dn 1.226869 p
Dn 1.299038 p
Same as
M profile.
Dts
Dn 0.938194 p
Dn 0.974279 p
Pitch diameter
dp
Dn 0.75 p sin
Ds
Dn
Ds
Ath
0.333 dp Le
Ath
0.5 dp Le
UNJ
60
Source
ISO 68-1, 1998, Fig. 1, p. 2.
dp
Thread engagement length. In general, according to Machine Design magazine, the minimum recommended length of engagement is
0.75 to 1 times the bolt major diameter for threading into steel and other materials of comparable hardness; and 1 to 1.5 times the bolt major
diameter for threading into brass, cast iron, and aluminum. These lengths of engagement specified are for full threads engaged, not overall bolt
length. Regarding partial threads in the chamfers on the ends of internal or external threads, FED-STD-H28/2B, 1991, Sect. 7.7.2, p. 61,
specifies that approximately half the countersink or chamfer depth may be included in the length of engagement calculation.
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