Re: Bolt shear strength

>A screw by definition is fully threaded.  A bolt has a shank on it.

We may have a language problem....

English use of the word bolt donates a fastener with a shank. a set screw
will not have a shank, and is frequently abbreviated to screw.
These only apply to machine screws.... I.E. threaded fasteners with constant
diameter.... a coach bolt may or may not have a shank, but will have a
square head, and a tapering thread.

I think the terms are not really defined.... and if they are used in
different ways by different people then they can *never* be relied on as a
sole description, and if it is important the way it is being used the term
must be defined as it is used.


--
Jonathan

Barnes's theorem; for every foolproof device
there is a fool greater than the proof.

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