I did two years of Engineering at University, before deciding 'bugger this' and switched to an IT degree. That was 15 years ago and I've forgotten just about all of it.
Is tensile strength the figure I need to be looking at for a shear, which is what we are worried about with this stud in this application. I understood tensile strength to be the ability to resist a pulling force, not a shearing force.
Some things, such as a glass rod, have very good strength if pulled lengthways, but are still very brittle and snap easily with a sideways force.
I'm not arguing with anybody (I wouldn't have the knowledge to do that), I just want to understand what I am doing, and why.
