Grd 5 v. 8 - good article

Since someone asked, here's a good article on
fasteners, gr 5 vs. 8, with  good description of
"brittle":

http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/fasteners/index.asp

--- Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sorry, guys. Shear is a factor of tensile strength
> (around 60%).  The old myth that 8's snap while 5's
> bend is a misinterpretation.  The 5 bends and then
> snaps way before the 8 yields in any way.  As Casey
> Stengel said, "you could look it up".
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