Bolts, Power Screws & Springs Problems
Bolts, Power Screws & Springs Problems
Bolts, Power Screws & Springs Problems
5. An eyebolt is lifting a block weighing 350 lbs. The eyebolt is of SAE C1040 material with Su = 67 ksi and
Sy = 55 ksi, what is the stress area (square inches) of the bolt if it is under the unified coarse thread?
8. If the pitch of a screw is 2/9, find the thread per inch. Answer: 4.5
9. Compute the working strength of a 1-inch bolt which is screwed up tightly in a packed joint when the
allowable working stress is 13,000 psi. Answer: 3,900 lbs
10. What is the permissible stress of a carbon steel having a stress area of 300 in²?
11. A bolt is subjected to compression at the threads with Sc = 20 psi. The applied load is 1000 lbs. If you
designated a bolt with 2 inch outside diameter and inside diameter of 1 inch, what is the allowable # of
threads to be used? Answer: 21.22 threads
POWER SCREWS
1. What is the friction angle of a power screw set-up having a threaded friction of 0.2?
2. What is the lead angle of a double threaded square thread with an outside diameter of 3" and TPI of
9/2?
3. What is the outside diameter of a square thread screw having a root diameter of 44.45 mm with a
pitch 4 mm?
2. Determine the wire diameter given a mean diameter of 20 mm when the Bergstrasser Factor of a
spring set-up is 1.172.
A. 5 mm B. 7.5 mm C. 2.5 mm D. 2 mm
3. A spring has load of 50 lbs with a spring index of 8. If the induced stress is 90 ksi, determine the wire
diameter.
A. 80 mm B. 100 mm C. 90 mm D. 110 mm
3. All four compression coil springs support a load of 400 kgs. The springs are arranged in parallel and
have a uniform rate of 0.709 kg/mm. Compute the deflection in mm.
A. 85 mm B. 65 mm C. 75 mm D. 95 mm
6. A weight of 100 lbs strikes a coil spring from a height of 18" and deflects the spring by 6". Find the
maximum force applied to the spring.