Steel grade question

[sandawgk5]

I was looking at some plate steel 3/8x3x17 it was 1018 cold rolled steel. My question is is this a good quality steel for making shackles and things of that sort out of?

Thanks

Ira

 

[tx_sub]

should do the trick

check out matweb for material properties. lots of info there, but as with any internet source, there are variations and errors. i have had some different properties in some of my materials books than listed on the website. however, they were not too different to cause concern.

 

[tx_sub]

pressure = force/area

3/8" x bolt diameter
force: say 1/2 the vehicle weight or more (factor of safety)

yields psi

compare to yield strength of the material in question. check the bolt as well (hint)

 

[sandawgk5]

Thanks I figured 9/16 hardware and used 3500 as a rough number for weight and came up with just under 18,000 psi. According to the link 1018 cold rolled is good to tensile yield of 53,000 psi so I think it would be ok to use.

If I am wrong please let me know.

Ira