ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB18.31.5-2011BentBolts(InchSeries)REAFFIRMED2021ASMEB18.31.5-2011BentBolts(InchSeries)ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USADateofIssuance:December12,2011ThisStandardwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB18CommitteemaybepublishedasCases.CasesandinterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://cstools.asme.org/astheyareissued.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagestoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheCommitteePagescanbefoundathttp://cstools.asme.org/.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomaticallyreceiveane-mailnotificationwhenerrataarepostedtoaparticularcodeorstandard.ThisoptioncanbefoundontheappropriateCommitteePageafterselecting“Errata”inthe“PublicationInformation”section.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringementofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumesanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanysu...