Shear strength of Stailess steel
Shear strength of Stailess steel
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Hi all
I am hoping someone can give me an approximation of the shear strength of a 304 stainless steel block. It bridges a gap of 4mm from the support to the first point of contact with the potentially moving part which it is the blocks job is to hold in place.
The X sectional area of the block is 650mm^2.
If you have a reference and a formula for this calculation it would be great so I don't have to ask again. ( I may need to change the gap it bridges to get the result I want)
Thanks
Dave
I am hoping someone can give me an approximation of the shear strength of a 304 stainless steel block. It bridges a gap of 4mm from the support to the first point of contact with the potentially moving part which it is the blocks job is to hold in place.
The X sectional area of the block is 650mm^2.
If you have a reference and a formula for this calculation it would be great so I don't have to ask again. ( I may need to change the gap it bridges to get the result I want)
Thanks
Dave





RE: Shear strength of Stailess steel
Is the shear area of the block 650mm^2?
RE: Shear strength of Stailess steel
RE: Shear strength of Stailess steel
So multiply your shear area by 107Mpa to give the shearing force :-
Mpa= N/mm^2
so 650mm^2 x 107N/mm^2= 69550N force
RE: Shear strength of Stailess steel
if it's a plate (or plate-like), it's loaded in bending.
RE: Shear strength of Stailess steel
RE: Shear strength of Stailess steel
RE: Shear strength of Stailess steel
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RE: Shear strength of Stailess steel
Thanks for all the input.
The joint may never see it, but it can see a load of 2.2 tons or 20,000N (I know that doesn't quite calculate but I think it's close).
I went with a yield of 80,6360N. I used the 215Mpa x 0.577 x 650.
In practice I have seen it withstand this easily and has done so in NATA testing but they wanted some numbers so they could assess the safety factor.
Please let me know if I've got it wrong
Thanks again