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 Nomin Nomin Threa Pitch Pitch Mino M, MJ, Threa Pitch Pitch Mino M, MJ,
Desig al
al ds per (mm Dia- r Dia- UNC, UNJC ds per (mm Dia- r Dia- UNF, UNJF
- (Major Shank
per meter meter UNR Tensil
per meter meter UNR Tensil
natio
)
Area, inch, thread) , dp Area, C
e inch, thread) , dp Area, F
e
n Diam- An
n
,p
Tensil Stress n
,
Tensil Stress
eter,
As
e Area,
p
As
e Area,
Dn
Stress A ts
Stress A ts
Area,
Area,
A ts
A ts
0

1.5240 1.8241

M1.6 1.6000 2.0106

1

1.8542 2.7002 64

M2 2.0000 3.1416
2

2.1844 3.7476 56

M2.5 2.5000 4.9087

3

2.5146 4.9662 48

2.8448 6.3561 40

M3 3.0000 7.0686
M3.5 3.5000 9.6211

0.3500 1.372 1.076

0
7
2
0.3968 1.596 1.407
8
4
4
0.4000 1.740 1.789
0
2
0
0.4535 1.889 1.998
7
8
6
0.4500 2.207 2.980
0
7
1
0.5291 2.170 2.622
7
9
2
0.6350 2.432 3.204
0
4
5
0.5000 2.675 4.473
0
2
4
0.6000 3.110 5.999

1.270
0
1.691
5
2.073
2
2.384
7
3.390
8
3.138
6
3.892
2
5.030
8
6.775

1.479
9
2.001
6
2.378
4
2.804
9
3.828
0
3.701
4
4.646
7
5.621
0
7.597

80

0.3175 1.317 0.970 1.158

1.3639
0
8
4
8

72

0.3527 1.625 1.530 1.792

2.0741
8
1
4
0

64

0.3968 1.926 2.187 2.538

2.9153
8
6
4
3

0.4535 2.220 2.911 3.374

3.8707
7
0
6
1
0.5291 2.501 3.655 4.261
48
4.9130
7
1
5
1
56

3.5052 9.6497 32

M4 4.0000 12.566
8

4.1656 13.628 32

10 4.8260 18.292 24
M5 5.0000 19.635
12

5.4864 23.641 24

M6 6.0000 28.274
0.250
6.3500 31.669 20
0
0.312
7.9375 49.483 18
5
M8 8.0000 50.265
0.375
9.5250 71.256 16
0
M10 10.000 78.540
0.437
11.112 96.987 14
5
M12 12.000 113.10
0.500
12.700 126.68 13
0
M14 14.000 153.94
0.562
14.288 160.33 12
5
0.625
15.875 197.93 11
0
M16 16.000 201.06
0.750
19.050 285.02 10
0
M20 20.000 314.16

0
3
7
0.7937 2.989 4.807
5
6
5
0.7000 3.545 7.749
0
3
6
0.7937 3.650 7.716
5
0
6
4.138 9.354
1.0583
6
6
4.480 12.68
0.8000
4
3
4.799 13.27
1.0583
0
7
5.350 17.89
1.0000
5
4
5.525 17.35
1.2700
1
1
7.021 29.26
1.4111
0
7
7.188 32.84
1.2500
1
1
8.493 43.74
1.5875
9
1
9.025 52.29
1.5000
7
2
9.934 60.21
1.8143
1
0
10.86 76.24
1.7500
3
7
11.43 81.10
1.9538
1
3
12.70 104.7
2.0000
1
1
12.91 104.5
2.1167
3
5
14.37 130.2
2.3091
5
0
14.70 144.1
2.0000
1
2
17.40 194.8
2.5400
0
4
2.5000 18.37 225.1

2
5.861
5
8.778
7
9.037
9
11.31
1
14.18
3
15.59
0
20.12
3
20.53
0
33.82
6
36.60
9
49.99
4
57.99
0
68.58
6
84.26
7
91.54
8
115.4
4
117.3
8
145.8
1
156.6
7
215.7
8
244.7

9
7.019
9
9.872
0
10.46
4
13.45
2
15.76
6
18.08
8
22.48
4
23.97
6
38.71
5
40.58
1
56.66
3
63.98
1
77.50
8
92.68
7
102.6
3
126.7
0
130.9
6
162.3
0
169.7
4
237.7
9
265.2

40

0.6350 3.092 5.642 6.544

7.5124
0
8
4
0

0.7055 3.707 8.291 9.501

10.795
6
3
0
6
0.7937 4.310 11.31 12.89
32
14.593
5
4
1
9
36

28

28
24

24

20

20

18
18

16

0.9071 4.897 14.57 16.63

18.836
4
2
6
8

0.9071 5.760 21.00

4
8
6
7.250 33.82
1.0583
1
6
7.350 36.03
1.0000
5
0
8.837 52.17
1.0583
6
0
9.188 56.29
1.2500
1
7
10.28 70.32
1.2700
8
7
11.18 86.03
1.2500
8
7
11.87 95.90
1.2700
5
3
13.02 116.1
1.5000
6
3
13.37 121.8
1.4111
1
2
14.95 154.8
1.4111
8
6
15.02 157.4
1.5000
6
7
18.01 226.6
1.5875
9
5
1.5000 19.02 259.0

23.46
26.065
7
37.46
41.284
2
39.16
42.435
7
56.66
61.342
3
61.19
66.304
9
76.59
83.123
1
92.07
98.311
2
103.2
110.76
0
124.5
133.26
5
130.9
140.42
6
165.1
175.74
3
167.2
177.32
5
240.6
255.00
2
271.5284.30

M22* 22.000 380.13

0.875
22.225 387.95
0

M24 24.000 452.39

1.000
25.400 506.71
0

M27* 27.000 572.56

1.125
28.575 641.30
0

M30 30.000 706.86

1.250
31.750 791.73
0

M33 33.000 855.30

1.375
34.925 957.99
0

M36 36.000 1017.9

1.500
38.100 1140.1
0

6
9
20.37 281.5
2.5000
6
3
20.39 270.5
2.8222
2
1
22.05 324.2
3.0000
1
7
23.33 355.5
3.1750
8
1
25.05 427.0
3.0000
1
9
26.21 447.1
3.6286
8
8
27.72 518.9
3.5000
7
9
29.39 574.1
3.6286
3
0
30.72 647.1
3.5000
7
9
32.17 680.0
4.2333
5
6
33.40 759.2
4.0000
2
8
35.35 834.7
4.2333
0
3

9
303.4
0
297.8
9
352.5
0
390.8
0
459.4
1
492.4
4
560.5
9
625.2
3
693.5
5
745.0
9
816.7
2
906.6
2

2
326.0
9
326.5
9
381.9
1
427.7
7
492.9
0
539.8
8
603.7
9
678.5
5

14

12

12

12

813.0
12
9
876.2
6
981.4
12
7

6
0
21.02 319.2
1.5000
6
0
21.04 310.0
1.8143
7
3
22.70 364.6
2.0000
1
1
24.02 402.9
2.1167
5
4
25.70 473.2
2.0000
1
2
27.20 523.8
2.1167
0
2
28.70 595.9
2.0000
1
6
30.37 660.5
2.1167
5
4
31.70 732.8
2.0000
1
3
33.55 813.0
2.1167
0
9
34.70 883.8
2.0000
1
5
36.72 981.4
2.1167
5
7

0
333.0
347.21
6
328.6
347.90
9
384.4
404.74
2
427.7
453.34
7
495.7
518.79
4
552.0
581.08
8
621.2
646.97
0
692.2
724.65
2
760.8
789.29
0
848.2
884.06
0
914.5
945.74
3
1020.
1059.3
0

* 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

Symbol

Thread profile angle

Value (for various Thread Profiles)

UN, UNR

MJ

UNJ

60

60

60

60

ISO 68-1, 1998,

Fig. 1, p. 2.

Same as
UNR
profile.

ISO 898-1, 1999,

Sect. 8.2, p. 13;
ASME B1.1, 1989,
Sect. 8.3.1.f, p. 53.

Dm

Dn
Dn
1.226869 p 1.299038 p

Tensile stress diameter Dts

Dn
Dn
0.938194 p 0.974279 p

Minor diameter

Source

Same as
M
profile.

dp

ISO 898-1, 1999,

Sect. 8.2, p. 13; MILHDBK-60, 1990, Sect.
110.1, p. 27.

dp

Dn 0.75 p sin

Ds

Dn

Ds

Dts. Or you can conservatively use Dm.

NASA TM-106943,
1995, p. 16.

Thread shear
(stripping) area, sloppy Ath
thread tolerances

0.333 dp Le

Barrett, Fastener
Design Manual,
NASA RP-1228,
1990, p. 21.

Thread shear area, both

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

0.5 dp Le

FED-STD-H28/2B,
1991, Table II.B.1,
p. 57, Eq. 7.

Pitch diameter
Shear stress diameter,
shank in shear plane
Shear stress diameter,
threads in shear plane

ISO 724, 1993, p. 2.

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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