Block Shear Behaviors of Angle Two-Bolted Connections with Austenitic Stainless Steel – Experiment and Finite Element Analysis

Abstract:

Since stainless steel has significant characteristics such as its superior corrosion resistance, durability, aesthetic appeal etc., it has been utilized as structural members in buildings. Recently, ultimate behaviors and curling influence in austenitic stainless steel single shear bolted connections with thin-walled plane plates have been investigated by T.S. Kim. In this paper, finite element analysis (FEA) has been conducted based on the existing test results of angle bolted connections in fabricated with austenitic stainless steel. The validation of the numerical analysis prediction was verified through the comparison of test results for fracture mode, ultimate strength and curling occurrence. Curling (out-of- plane deformation) also observed in the connections with a long end distance. The curling caused the ultimate strength reduction and the ultimate strength reduction ratios (varied from 12% to 25%) caused by curling have been estimated quantitatively through the comparison of FEA results of FE models with free edge and restrained curling.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 658)
• Pages: 350-353
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.658.350
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Tae Soo Kim, Min Seung Kim, Sung Woo Shin
• Keywords: Angle Bolted Connection, Block Shear Strength, Curling, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Stainless Steel (SS)

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