THE ANALYSIS OF CONSTRUCTIONAL ALLOY STEEL BOLTED PLATE SPLICES

THIS DISSERTATION EXTENDS A GENERAL THEORETICAL SOLUTION FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF LOAD AMONG THE FASTENERS IN BOLTED BUTT SPLICES TO CONSTRUCTIONAL ALLOY (A514) STEEL JOINTS. IN ADDITION, IT EXAMINES THE PHILOSOPHY OF DESIGN OF METALLIC TENSION MEMBERS AND EVALUATES THE EXTENT TO WHICH MECHANICALLY FASTENED CONSTRUCTIONAL ALLOY STEEL MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO FULFILL THIS PHILOSOPHY. THE SOLUTION OF THE LOAD DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM IS SHOWN TO REQUIRE TWO MATHEMATICAL MODELS. THESE ESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOAD AND DEFORMATION FOR THE COMPONENT PARTS OF A CONNECTION. THE EXPRESSIONS DEVELOPED ARE APPLICABLE TO BOTH ELASTIC AND INELASTIC REGIONS OF BEHAVIOR. THE GENERAL THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY AN EXTENSIVE TESTING PROGRAM. ONLY THE RESULTS OF THIS PROGRAM ARE REPORTED HEREIN. EXCELLENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS AND ACTUAL TEST RESULTS ARE OBTAINED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report 317.9, 118 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Lehigh University

  Fritz Engineering Laboratory
  Bethlehem, PA  United States  18015
• Authors:
  • Kulak, G L
• Publication Date: 1967-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alloy steel; Analysis; Bolted joints; Bolts; Butt joints; Construction joints; Design; Forecasting; Joints; Load transfer; Mathematical models; Metals; Splice plates; Structural members; Tension; Theory
• Old TRIS Terms: Test results
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208349
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 1 1994 12:00AM