Bolt Capacity Calculations
Bolt Capacity Calculations
Bolt Capacity Calculations
Remarks/
Determine shear capacity of a 20mm bolt of property class 8.8 could safely carry
Codal
if it connects plates of 10 mm thick and in single shear (Shear plane cuts the
Provisions
shank)
M20 Bolt- Property Class 8.8: Bearing type bolt
Asb = Shank area of bolt = 314 mm2
Anb = Net tensile area at threads = 245 mm2
fub = 800 MPa
fy = 640 MPa
Solution:
10mm
10mm
(800
Vnsb = (0 × 245 + 1 × 314) × 1 = 145.0 kN
3 1000
145
Vdsb = = 116.0 kN (See Table 7.1)
1.25
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Let tpk = 10 mm
β pk = (1 − 0.0125t pk )
= (1 − 0.0125 ×10)
= 0.88
In the present case the grip length lg = 20 mm. Since it does not exceeds lg=5d ,
no reduction is needed. However for exemplifying the procedure the following
calculation is shown
8
β lg = ≤ β lj
lg
3+
d
8
=
20
3+
20
= 1.00 (max imum)
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Design bearing Capacity of bearing type bolts
Determine bearing capacity of a 20mm bolt of property class 8,8 if it connects Remarks/
plates of 10 mm thick. Assume a pitch of 2.5 d and end distance of 1.5 d0 and Codal
also kb = 1.0 Provisions
M20 Bolt- Property Class 8.8: Bearing type bolt
d = diameter of the bolt =20 mm ; d0 = diameter of hole = 20 + 2 =22mm
thickness of the plate = 10 mm
fub = ultimate tensile strength of the bolt = 800 MPa
fyb = yield strength of the bolt = 640 MPa
fu = ultimate tensile strength of the plate = 410 MPa Table 19
Solution:
(a) Bolt in single shear
10mm
10mm
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Design tensile Capacity of bolts
Determine the design tensile capacity of 20mm bolt of Property class 8.8. Remarks/
Codal
Provisions
Bolt in tension
where
Tnsb = nominal tensile capacity of a bolt, calculated as follows:
Tnb = 0.9 × f ub × Anb < ( f yb / γ m0 ) × Asb × γ mb Clause
10.3.5
Tnb = (0.9 × 800 × 245) ×
1
= 176.4 kN < 228.4 kN
1000
176.4
Tdb = = 141.1 kN
1.25
530