The figure shows two steel plates marked 1 and 2 on the right and left bolted onto a pair of splice plates. Each steel plate is connected to the splice plates by 4 bolts. The load on the two plates is P directed away from the splice plates.

Abolt=(480 kN)(1,000 N/kN)(4 bolts)(2 surfaces)(168.75 N/mm2)=355.56 mm2

Determine the minimum bolt diameter from:

π4d2=355.56 mm2      d=21.28 mm

Round the bolt diameter up to the next standard size.

Finished