Standard Metric Bolt Shank Dimensions

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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

Fine Pitch Threads

Size Nominal Nominal Threads Pitch Pitch Minor M,

MJ, Threads Pitch Pitch Minor M,
MJ,
Desig- (Major) Shank per
(mm Dia- Dia- UNC, UNJC per
(mm Dia- Dia- UNF, UNJF
nation Diam- Area, inch,
per meter, meter UNRC Tensile inch,
per meter, meter UNRF Tensile
n
thread), dp Area, Tensile Stress
n
thread), dp Area, Tensile Stress
eter,
An
Dn
p
As Stress Area,
As Stress Area,
Area, A ts
p
Area, A ts
A ts
A ts
0
M1.6
1
M2
2
M2.5
3
4
M3
M3.5
6
M4
8
10
M5
12
M6
0.2500
0.3125
M8
0.3750
M10
0.4375
M12
0.5000
M14
0.5625
0.6250
M16
0.7500
M20
M22*
0.8750
M24
1.0000
M27*
1.1250
M30
1.2500

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
7

0.35000 1.3727 1.0762

0.39688 1.5964 1.4074
0.40000 1.7402 1.7890
0.45357 1.8898 1.9986
0.45000 2.2077 2.9801
0.52917 2.1709 2.6222
0.63500 2.4324 3.2045
0.50000 2.6752 4.4734
0.60000 3.1103 5.9997
0.79375 2.9896 4.8075
0.70000 3.5453 7.7496
0.79375 3.6500 7.7166
1.0583 4.1386 9.3546
0.8000 4.4804 12.683
1.0583 4.7990 13.277
1.0000 5.3505 17.894
1.2700 5.5251 17.351
1.4111 7.0210 29.267
1.2500 7.1881 32.841
1.5875 8.4939 43.741
1.5000 9.0257 52.292
1.8143 9.9341 60.210
1.7500 10.863 76.247
1.9538 11.431 81.103
2.0000 12.701 104.71
2.1167 12.913 104.55
2.3091 14.375 130.20
2.0000 14.701 144.12
2.5400 17.400 194.84
2.5000 18.376 225.19
2.5000 20.376 281.53
2.8222 20.392 270.51
3.0000 22.051 324.27
3.1750 23.338 355.51
3.0000 25.051 427.09
3.6286 26.218 447.18
3.5000 27.727 518.99
3.6286 29.393 574.10

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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

0.31750 1.3178 0.9704 1.1588 1.3639

72

0.35278 1.6251 1.5304 1.7920 2.0741

64

0.39688 1.9266 2.1874 2.5383 2.9153

56
48

0.45357 2.2200 2.9116 3.3741 3.8707

0.52917 2.5011 3.6555 4.2611 4.9130

40

0.63500 3.0928 5.6424 6.5440 7.5124

36
32

0.70556 3.7073 8.2910 9.5016 10.795

0.79375 4.3104 11.311 12.899 14.593

28

0.90714 4.8972 14.576 16.638 18.836

28
24

0.90714 5.7608 21.006

1.0583 7.2501 33.826
1.0000 7.3505 36.030
1.0583 8.8376 52.170
1.2500 9.1881 56.297
1.2700 10.288 70.327
1.2500 11.188 86.037
1.2700 11.875 95.903
1.5000 13.026 116.13
1.4111 13.371 121.82
1.4111 14.958 154.86
1.5000 15.026 157.47
1.5875 18.019 226.65
1.5000 19.026 259.00
1.5000 21.026 319.20
1.8143 21.047 310.03
2.0000 22.701 364.61
2.1167 24.025 402.94
2.0000 25.701 473.22
2.1167 27.200 523.82
2.0000 28.701 595.96
2.1167 30.375 660.54

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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Standard Metric Bolt Shank Dimensions

M33
1.3750
M36
1.5000

33.000
34.925
36.000
38.100

855.30
957.99
1017.9
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3.5000 30.727 647.19

4.2333 32.175 680.06
4.0000 33.402 759.28
4.2333 35.350 834.73

693.55
745.09 813.09
816.72 876.26
906.62 981.47

12
12

2.0000 31.701 732.83

2.1167 33.550 813.09
2.0000 34.701 883.85
2.1167 36.725 981.47

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

Value (for various Thread Profiles)

UN, UNR
MJ

Symbol

60

60

60

Minor diameter

Dm

Dn 1.226869 p

Dn 1.299038 p

Same as
M profile.

Tensile stress diameter

Dts

Dn 0.938194 p

Dn 0.974279 p

Pitch diameter

dp

Dn 0.75 p sin

Shear stress diameter, shank in

shear plane
Shear stress diameter, threads in
shear plane

Ds

Dn

Ds

Dts. Or you can conservatively use Dm.

Thread shear (stripping) area,

sloppy thread tolerances

Ath

0.333 dp Le

Thread shear area, both threads

class 2 or 3 (ISO class 6H/6g)
thread tolerance

Ath

0.5 dp Le

Thread profile angle

UNJ
60

Source
ISO 68-1, 1998, Fig. 1, p. 2.

ISO 898-1, 1999, Sect. 8.2,

Same as
p. 13; ASME B1.1, 1989, Sect.
UNR profile.
8.3.1.f, p. 53.

dp

ISO 898-1, 1999, Sect. 8.2,

p. 13; MIL-HDBK-60, 1990,
Sect. 110.1, p. 27.
ISO 724, 1993, p. 2.

NASA TM-106943, 1995,

p. 16.
Barrett, Fastener Design
Manual, NASA RP-1228, 1990,
p. 21.
FED-STD-H28/2B, 1991, Table
II.B.1, p. 57, Eq. 7.

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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