Table below provides root area and tensile stress area for stud bolts of inch series threads.

The root and tensile stress areas are based on coarse-thread series for sizes 1-inch and smaller and 8-pitch thread series for sizes 11/8 inch and larger.

Bolt Size
(in)
Threads
per Inch
Root Area Tensile Stress Area
in2  mm2  in2  mm2 
1/2 13 0.1257 81 0.1419 92
5/8 11 0.202 130 0.226 146
3/4 10 0.302 195 0.334 215
7/8 9 0.419 271 0.462 298
1 8 0.551 356 0.606 391
1(1/8) 8 0.728 470 0.790 510
1(1/4) 8 0.929 599 1.000 645
1(3/8) 8 1.155 745 1.233 795
1(1/2) 8 1.405 907 1.492 963
1(5/8) 8 1.68 1084 1.78 1148
1(3/4) 8 1.98 1277 2.08 1342
1(7/8) 8 2.30 1486 2.41 1555
2 8 2.65 1711 2.77 1787
2(1/4) 8 3.42 2208 3.56 2297
2(1/2) 8 4.29 2769 4.44 2865
2(3/4) 8 5.26 3393 5.43 3503
3 8 6.32 4080 6.51 4200
3(1/4) 8 7.49 4831 7.69 4961
3(1/2) 8 8.75 5645 8.96 5781
3(3/4) 8 10.11 6522 10.34 6671
4 8 11.57 7462 11.81 7619