> Not when you really think about it. Think about two plates being bolted
> together. You want the strongest part of the bolt, the unthreaded part,
> to carry the load. If part of the bolt that is threaded in in the hole
> then the load capacity is reduced because of the root diameter of the
> bolt: ie smaller cross section for either shear or tension.
>
> mayf
> dave@munroe.ca wrote:
>
>>Hey Mayf,
>>
>>That is, interestingly, counter-intuitive.
>>
>>Dave
!
>>Sent: 13 Jul 2010 14:04
>>
>>Actually, the grip length is the amount of the bolt that is unthreaded,
>>i.e., the shank of the bolt.
>>
>>mayf
>>mcdangerous@verizon.net wrote:
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