MODELLING AND PREDICTION OF STEEL BOLTED CONNECTION BEHAVIOR

The complicated geometry, support conditions, loading sequence and applications, and material properties of steel connections fabricated with high-strength, pretensioned bolts, have been modelled by finite element techniques. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional models and programs have been developed and used in parameter studies on three different types of connections. Prediction equations for connection behavior have been determined from the data generated. This paper presents the general methodology and unique features of the studies. (TRRL)

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The paper was presented at the Second International Conference on Computational Methods in Nonlinear Mechanics, Texas University, Austin, March 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Krishnamurthy, N
• Publication Date: 1980-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 75-82
• Serial:
  • Computers and Structures
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 1-2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0045-7949

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bolted joints; Bolts; Computer programs; Deformation; Design; Equations; Finite element method; Joints (Engineering); Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Pretensioning; Regression analysis; Steel; Stresses; Structural analysis; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Bolted connectors
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 3472: Beam; 3888: Bolt; 5595: Deformation; 6490: Finite element method; 2998: Joint (structural); 6473: Mathematical model; 6588: Regression analysis; 8645: Software; 4542: Steel; 5575: Stress (in material)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00316584
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1980 12:00AM