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Screw Capacities
Table Notes
1. Capacities based on AISI S100 Section E4. 6. Pull-out capacity is based on the lesser of pull-out capacity in
sheet closest to screw tip or tension strength of screw.
2. When connecting materials of different steel thicknesses or
tensile strengths, use the lowest values. Tabulated values 7. Pull-over capacity is based on the lesser of pull-over capacity for
assume two sheets of equal thickness are connected. sheet closest to screw header or tension strength of screw.
3. Capacities are based on Allowable Strength Design (ASD) and 8. Values are for pure shear or tension loads. See AISI Section E4.5
include safety factor of 3.0. for combined shear and pull-over.
4. Where multiple fasteners are used, screws are assumed to 9. Screw Shear (Pss), tension (Pts), diameter, and head diameter
have a center-to-center spacing of at least 3 times the nominal are from CFSEI Tech Note (F701-12).
diameter (d).
10. Screw shear strength is the average value, and tension strength
5. Screws are assumed to have a center-of-screw to edge-of-steel is the lowest value listed in CFSEI Tech Note (F701-12).
dimension of at least 1.5 times the nominal diameter (d) of the
11. Higher values for screw strength (Pss, Pts), may be obtained by
screw.
specifying screws from a specific manufacturer.

Allowable Screw Connection Capacity (lbs)

#6 Screw #8 Screw #10 Screw #12 Screw ¼" Screw
Fy Fu (Pss = 643 lbs, Pts = 419 lbs) (Pss= 1278 lbs, Pts = 586 lbs) (Pss= 1644 lbs, Pts = 1158 lbs) (Pss= 2330 lbs, Pts = 2325 lbs) (Pss= 3048 lbs, Pts = 3201 lbs)
Thickness Design Yield Tensile
(Mils) Thickness (ksi) 0.138" dia, 0.272" Head 0.164" dia, 0.272" Head 0.190" dia, 0.340" Head 0.216" dia, 0.340" Head 0.250" dia, 0.409" Head
(ksi)
Shear Pull-Out Pull-Over Shear Pull-Out Pull-Over Shear Pull-Out Pull-Over Shear Pull-Out Pull-Over Shear Pull-Out Pull-Over
18 0.0188 33 33 44 24 84 48 29 84 52 33 105 55 38 105 60 44 127
27 0.0283 33 33 82 37 127 89 43 127 96 50 159 102 57 159 110 66 191
30 0.0312 33 33 95 40 140 103 48 140 111 55 175 118 63 175 127 73 211
33 0.0346 33 45 151 61 140 164 72 195 177 84 265 188 95 265 203 110 318
43 0.0451 33 45 214 79 140 244 94 195 263 109 345 280 124 345 302 144 415
54 0.0566 33 45 214 100 140 344 118 195 370 137 386 394 156 433 424 180 521
68 0.0713 33 45 214 125 140 426 149 195 523 173 386 557 196 545 600 227 656
97 0.1017 33 45 214 140 140 426 195 195 548 246 386 777 280 775 1,016 324 936
118 0.1242 33 45 214 140 140 426 195 195 548 301 386 777 342 775 1,016 396 1,067
54 0.0566 50 65 214 140 140 426 171 195 534 198 386 569 225 625 613 261 752
68 0.0713 50 65 214 140 140 426 195 195 548 249 386 777 284 775 866 328 948
97 0.1017 50 65 214 140 140 426 195 195 548 356 386 777 405 775 1,016 468 1,067
118 0.1242 50 65 214 140 140 426 195 195 548 386 386 777 494 775 1,016 572 1,067

Weld Capacities
Table Notes
1. Capacities based on the AISI S100 Specification Sections E2.4 for 6. Transverse capacity is loading in perpendicular direction of the
fillet welds and E2.5 for flare groove welds. length of the weld.
2. When connecting materials of different steel thicknesses or 7. For flare groove welds, the effective throat of weld is
tensile strengths, use the lowest values. conservatively assumed to be less than 2t.
3. Capacities are based on Allowable Strength Design (ASD). 8. For longitudinal fillet welds, a minimum value of EQ E2.4-1,
E2.4-2, and E2.4-4 was used.
4. Weld capacities are based on E60 electrodes. For material
thinner than 68 mil, 0.030" to 0.035" diameter wire electrodes 9. For transverse fillet welds, a minimum value of EQ E2.4-3 and
may provide best results. E2.4-4 was used.
5. Longitudinal capacity is considered to be loading in the direction 10. For longitudinal flare groove welds, a minimum value of
of the length of the weld. EQ E2.5-2 and E2.5-3 was used.

Allowable Weld Capacity (lbs / in)

Fy Fu Fillet Welds Flare Groove Welds
Thickness Design Yield Tensile
(Mils) Thickness Longitudinal Transverse Longitudinal Transverse
(ksi) (ksi)
43 0.0451 33 45 499 864 544 663
54 0.0566 33 45 626 1084 682 832
68 0.0713 33 45 789 1365 859 1048
97 0.1017 33 45 1125 1269 -1 -1
54 0.0566 50 65 905 1566 985 1202
68 0.0713 50 65 1140 1972 1241 1514
97 0.1017 50 65 1269 1269 -1 -1
Weld capacity for material thickness greater than 0.10” requires engineering judgment to determine leg of welds, W1 and W2.
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