TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental study on stainless steel blind bolted T-stub to square hollow section connections
AU - Li, Ying Lei
AU - Zhao, Xiao Ling
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the Australian Research Council (ARC) through an ARC Discovery Grant ( DP160100739 ). The help from Dr. Zhen-Tian Chang, Dr. Tuan Le, Mr. Ronald Moncay and Mr. Sanjeewa Herath from the Heavy Structure Laboratory at UNSW is greatly appreciated. Thanks are given to CBW Engineering Pty Ltd for providing the Lindapter Hollo Bolts.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - This paper presents an experimental study on blind bolted T-stub to square hollow section (SHS) connections made by stainless steel. Experiments were conducted to investigate the structural behaviour (e.g., failure mode, load–displacement curve and load-carrying capacity) of T-to-SHS connections and their basic components, including bolts, T-stubs and SHSs. The effects of key parameters, such as bolt types, bolt layouts, tube thicknesses and specimen configurations, on the performance of T-to-SHS connections and the components were identified. Design formulas were proposed to estimate the load-carrying capacities of T-stubs and SHSs, which agree well with the experimental results. The experimental results on connections between T-stub and steel hollow sections will provide a basis for verifying numerical simulations and theoretical analysis to derive design equations for such stainless-steel connections.
AB - This paper presents an experimental study on blind bolted T-stub to square hollow section (SHS) connections made by stainless steel. Experiments were conducted to investigate the structural behaviour (e.g., failure mode, load–displacement curve and load-carrying capacity) of T-to-SHS connections and their basic components, including bolts, T-stubs and SHSs. The effects of key parameters, such as bolt types, bolt layouts, tube thicknesses and specimen configurations, on the performance of T-to-SHS connections and the components were identified. Design formulas were proposed to estimate the load-carrying capacities of T-stubs and SHSs, which agree well with the experimental results. The experimental results on connections between T-stub and steel hollow sections will provide a basis for verifying numerical simulations and theoretical analysis to derive design equations for such stainless-steel connections.
KW - Blind bolt
KW - Capacity prediction
KW - Load–displacement relationship
KW - Stainless steel
KW - T-to-tube connection
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tws.2021.108259
DO - 10.1016/j.tws.2021.108259
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85112409066
SN - 0263-8231
VL - 167
JO - Thin-Walled Structures
JF - Thin-Walled Structures
M1 - 108259
ER -