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Old 05-02-2011, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Bryce View Post
I use an alloy steel SHCS the 3/4 diameter is good to 44,180 pounds in single shear. The reason I used 3/4 was becasue of the rod ends not the bolts. I actually use a 1/2" bolt (19,635, single shear) in the front LCA mounting points. I used chromoly kevlar/teflon lined rod ends good to 28,081 pounds of force in the radial direction.
Okay, so it sounds like its trying to find a rod that will support the load more than the bolt (5/8 or 3/4)


I am trying to learn a little bit of this, so if you see any thing wrong please let me know.

While searching through google, I found the equation for shear strength:

tensile strength pounds/in2 x cross sectional area.

In the case of a -10 an bolt with a tensile strength of 160,000 psi and a cross-sectional area of 0.306640625 in2 at the full diameter

160000 pounds/in2 x 0.306640625 in2 = 49062.5 pounds

If 49062.5 pounds is single shear, you double it to get 98125 double shear, right? That should be the amount of force to shear the bolt?


Thanks,
Jon
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