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What are Structural Screws?
Example:
125 KSI is 125,000 pounds per square inch. A 1/4-28 low-alloy steel
screw has a minimum ultimate tensile strength of 4,520 pounds.
Better Fatigue Strength
UNF UNJF
Aerospace-fasteners must have high fatigue strength. Most use a modified thread called a
"J" thread. The UNJ thread has a rounded root radius that increases thread strength.
Failures in threaded fasteners often start as a crack at the thread root where the stresses
are the highest. Rounding the thread root greatly increases fatigue strength.
Aerospace fasteners also use a tigher tolerance (class 3 instead of class 2) than
commercial fasteners, resulting in greater thread engagement.
Screws used as Shear Pins
Hole edges should not press against threads. Screws used as
pins (subject to shear stress) should not have threads in the
shear plane
In the picture above, a fully-threaded screw has been used on an aircraft spinner. Screw
threads against a vibrating surface acts like a saw and cuts away the hole boundry. A
structural screw with unthreaded shank would have protected the hole boundry from
wear.
Common Structural Screw Part Numbers
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