BOLT LOAD CAPACITY TABLES TO BS5950 PART 1, 2000 THE ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE (ie FACTORED APPLIED LOADS) GRADE 46 BOLTS Bot Sue Gross ea Tensile | Shear Capacity Capacity | at 160N/mm? ‘a THREADS IN 195Nimm | SHEAR PLANE In Grade 43, bearing capacity = 460Nimm*. for e= 26 DE 8.8 BOLTS 7 Tensile Capacity ‘at 4508? ‘Shear Capacity ‘at 375Nimvm THREADS IN SHEAR PLANE In Grade 43, bearing capacity = 460NImm, for e2 2d In Grade 50, bearing capacity = 550NImm? for 82 24 Thickness in mm of plate passed troughNOIES. 41) The folowing tables are for ISO metic coarse thread bots 2).a) The specication for ISO metric precision bolts (all grades) is BS3692 2001 ') The sp ecication for ISO metric black bots (wide tolerance) (grade 4.6 only) is BS-4190 : 2001 3) a) For tensile capacities the gross area (tensile area) ofthe Bott shall be used (see cause 6 3.1) 'b) For shear capacities the gross area (lensile area) af the bolt shal be used (see clause 63.1) } For bearing capacttes the nominal diameter or nominal area of the bot shall be used (see clause 6.3.3) 4) The allowable stresses of te bolts are Grade 46 Grade88 Code Ref (Nien?) (Wid Stet) (High Yield Steet) Ss (onciley 192 (say 195) 448 (say 450) Table 34 (value x0.8) Svvisheay 160 375 Table 30 Soi 460 +1000 Table 31 '5) The allowable stresses forthe parent metal are - Gado 43 Grade 50 Lode Ret cy 460 550 Table 32