For a standard bolt hole if the bolt diameter is 1 in what i
For a standard bolt hole, if the bolt diameter is 1 in., what is the diameter of bolt hole (for steel materials rather than actual hole) that is used to calculate the net area?
 For a standard bolt hole, if the bolt diameter is 1 in., what is the diameter of bolt hole (for steel materials rather than actual hole) that is used to calculate the net area?
Solution
for steel materials , the hole diameter calculated should be greater than the actual diameter. Dia for net area is 1 in + 1/8 in = 4.125 in

