Algodoo

Excellent scene! It's visually attractive and informative.

Just curious, would this scene work for the smaller U.S. screw sizes such as 6-32 and 4-40?

I suspect that the smaller screws have a similar load distribution since their nuts are proportionally smaller. I'm not sure how well this scene "works" for screws, since the load distribution does not match the image. It could be that Algodoo is exact and the image is all wrong.

After many years, I'm still trying to understand the differences between a bolt and a screw. It seems that different sources in the mechanical industry as a whole cannot agree on all of the different definitions! Some sources state it's how they were designed that determines if it's a bolt or a screw, and other sources state it's how they are used that determines it. It's enough to give a person a headache! LOL. Well, maybe it doesn't matter. What do you think?

I initially had to look it up also. My understanding is that a bolt passes through something, acts like a pin, and uses a nut. A screw screws into something that's not a nut. I'm not sure that's exactly it, but most likely close enough. Maybe the scene should have be labeled Bolt and Nut Thread Force, but I think Screw Thread is the general term.

I agree. Thanks!