• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.303-315
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• 2004

Frame composed of concrete-filled steel tubular columns and I-shaped steel beam has been researched in order to development reasonable connection details. The present paper describes the results of an experimental program in four different connection details. The connection details considered include through-bolt between I-shaped steel beams and concrete-filled steel tubular columns and two details of welded connections. One of the welded connection details is stiffened by angles welded in the interior of the profile wall at the beam flange level. The specimens were tested in a cruciform loading arrangement with variable monotonic loading on the beams and constant compressive load on the column. For through-bolt details, the contribution of friction and bearing were investigated by embedding some of the bolts in the concrete. The results of the tests show that through-bolt connection details are very ductility and the bearing is not important to the behavior of these moment connections. The angles welded in the interior of the profile wall increase the strength and stiffness of the welded connection detail. In addition, the behavior curves of these connections are compared and some interesting conclusions are drawn. The results are summarized for the strength and stiffness of each connection.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.449-460
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• 2018

This paper reports the experimental results of three through bolt beam-column connections under pure shear forces using modified push-out tests. The investigated specimens include extended end-plates and six through-bolts connecting square concrete-filled steel tubular column (S-CFST) to steel beams. The main goal of this study is to investigate if and how the mechanical shear connectors, such as steel angles and stud bolts, contribute to the shear transfer mechanisms in the steel-concrete interface of the composite column. The contribution of shear studs and steel angles to improve the shear resistance of steel-concrete interface in through-bolt connections was investigated using tests. The results showed that their contribution is not significant when the beam-column connection is included in the push-out tests. The specimens failed by pure shear of the long bolts, and the ultimate load can be predicted using the shear resistance of the bolts under shear forces. The predicted values of load allowed obtaining a good agreement with the tests results.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.315-329
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• 2020

Through bolt connections in Concrete Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) has been proved to be good in terms of seismic performance and constructability. Stiffened extended end plate connection with full through type bolt helps to avoid field weld altogether, and hence to improve the quality of joints. An experimental study was conducted on the hysteretic performance of square interior beam-column connections using flat extended end plates with through bolt. The study focuses on the effect of the bond between the tie rod and the core concrete on the cyclic performance of the joint. The study also quantifies how much the interior joint is getting strengthened due to the confinement effect induced by bi-directional bolting, which is widely used in 3D moment resisting frames. For a better understanding of the mechanism and for the prediction of shear capacity of the panel zone, a mathematical model was generated. The various parameters included in the model are the influence of axial load, amount of prestress induced by bolt tightening, anchorage, and the concrete strut action. The study investigates the strength, stiffness, ductility, and energy dissipation characteristics. The results indicate that the seismic resistance is at par with American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) seismic recommendations. The bidirectional bolting and bond effect have got remarkable influence on the performance of joints.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.423-432
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• 2020

In this paper, a novel but practical approach named series/parallel multi-sensing technique was proposed to evaluate the bolt looseness in a bolt group. The smart washers (SWs), which were fabricated by embedding a Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) transducer into two flat metal rings, were installed to the bolts group. By series connection of SWs, the impedance signals of different bolts can be obtained through only one sweep. Therefore, once the loosening occurred, the shift of different peak frequencies can be used to locate which bolt has loosened. The proposed multi input single output (MISO) damage detection scheme is very suitable for the structural health monitoring (SHM) of joint with a large number of bolts connection. Another notable contribution of this paper is the proposal of 3-dB bandwidth root mean square deviation (3 dB-RMSD) which can quantitatively evaluate the severity of bolt looseness. Compared with the traditional naked-eye observation method, the equivalent circuit based 3-dB bandwidth can accurately define the calculation range of RMSD. An experiment with three bolted connection specimens that installed the SWs was carried out to validate our proposed approach. Experimental result shows that the proposed 3 dB-RMSD based multi-sensing technique can not only identify the loosened bolt but also monitor the severity of bolt looseness.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2008

국내산 낙엽송 집성재 볼트, 드리프트 핀 접합부의 내력성능평가를 위해 인장형 전단강도시험을 실시하였다. 인장형 전단시편은 강판삽입형 볼트, 드리프트 핀 접합부 시편과 강판측재형 볼트접합부시편으로 제작하였다. 실험에 사용된 볼트와 드리프트 핀의 직경은 12, 16, 20 mm였다. 시편의 접합구멍은 끝면거리 5, 7 d로 제작하였고 인장하중은 섬유평행방향으로 가하였다. 끝면거리에 따른 접합부의 내력성능을 검토하고 Larsen의 항복추정식을 통해 항복하중을 실측항복하중과 비교하였다. 설계표준 시 끝면거리 7 d의 항복하중을 기준으로 5 d의 저감계수를 산출하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 강판삽입형 접합부에서 드리프트 핀 접합부의 평균최대하중은 직경이 증가함에 따라 볼트 접합부보다 3~30% 정도 크게 나타났다. 볼트 접합부의 경우 강판측재형의 평균최대하중은 강판삽입형보다 1.54~2.07배 크게 나타났다. 동일 직경에서 끝면거리 7 d의 평균최대하중이 5 d보다 8~44% 정도 크게 나타났다. 2. 강판삽입형 접합부의 지압응력은 드리프트 핀 접합부가 볼트보다 1.16~1.41배 더 크게 나타났으며, 7 d가 5 d보다 1.37~1.86배 크게 나타났다. 또한 드리프트 핀 접합부의 세장비는 7.5 이하, 강판삽입형 볼트 접합부의 세장비는 6 이하에서 양호한 내력성능을 보였다. 3. 실측 항복하중과 Larsen이 제안한 항복하중 추정식에 의해 얻어진 항복하중값의 비는 강판삽입형 접합부의 경우 0.80~1.10, 강판측재형 접합부는 0.75~1.46이었다. 4. 끝면거리 7 d의 항복하중을 기준으로 강판삽입형 볼트접합부의 경우 12 mm 접합부의 저감계수(Ke)는 0.89, 16 mm는 0.93, 20 mm는 0.85였다. 강판삽입형 드리프트 핀 접합부의 경우 12 mm는 0.89, 16 mm는 0.93, 20 mm는 0.93이었다. 강판측재형 직경 12 mm 볼트접합부의 저감계수는 0.79, 16 mm는 0.80이었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.647-659
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• 2018

Through extensive research, there exist a new type of connection between railway bridge girders and steel-concrete composite panels. In addition to conventional shear connectors, newly developed blind bolts have been recently adopted for retrofitting. However, the body of knowledge on their influence and application to railway structures has not been thoroughly investigated. This study has thus placed a particular emphasis on the application of blind bolts on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a feasible alternative constituent of railway track upgrading. Finite element modeling has been used to simulate the behaviours of the precast steel-concrete panels with common types of bolt connection using commercially available package, ABAQUS. The steel-concrete composite track slabs have been designed in accordance with Australian Standards AS5100. These precast steel-concrete panels are then numerically retrofitted by three types of most practical bold connections: head studded shear connector, Ajax blind bolt and Lindapter hollow bolt. The influences of bolt connections on load and stress transfers and structural behaviour of the composite track slabs are highlighted in this paper. The numerical results exhibit that all three bolts can distribute stresses effectively and can be installed on the bridge girder. However, it is also found that Lindapter hollow bolts are superior in minimising structural responses of the composite track slabs to train loading.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.850-853
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• 2006

This paper presents a primary study for a new method of enhancing measurement using impedance analysis method, which is widely used for structure health monitoring. Many of skyscrapers, bridges, tunnels, which have been built up several years, and nearly reached their operating life due to aging crack, material deterioration, and so on. therefore, the health monitoring technique has obtained considerable attention. The usage of the PZT sensor is proposed, and the coupling torque of bolt-connection overlapping beam is assumed. By using the torque wrench, it is easy to apply torque of different values to each bolt. The coupling torque is adjusted gradually from $3N{\cdot}m\;to\;0N{\cdot}m$ with the decrement of $1N{\cdot}m$. Simultaneously, the impedance peak variation is measured. The peak frequency variation can be determined through the change of bolt coupling torque.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2011년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.36-39
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• 2011

In this paper, performance of EMI interface and multi-channel wireless impedance sensor node is evaluated for SHM on bolted connection. To achieve the objective, following approaches are implemented. Firstly, an interface washer is designed to monitor loosened bolt through the variation in EMI of interface washer due to change in preload in bolt. Secondly, a multi-channel wireless impedance sensor node based on Imote2 platform is designed for automated and cost-efficient impedance-based SHM on bolted connections. Finally, performance of the multi-channel wireless impedance sensor node and the interface washer are experimentally validated for a lab-scale bolted connection model. A damage monitoring method using RMSD index of EMI signatures is utilized to examine the strength of each individual bolted connection.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.72-82
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• 2000

Attempts were made to analyze the behavior of single and multiple-bolted connections through theoretical methods such as European yield theory, empirical approaching method, and semi-rigid theory instead of many experimental methods that have been actually inefficient and non-economical. In the case of a single-bolted connection, if accurate characteristic values of a material could be guaranteed, it would be more convenient and economical to perform the behavior analysis using a model based on the semi-rigid theory, instead of the existing complex yield model, or the empirical formula which produces errors, giving different results from the actual ones. If the variables of equation determining the load and deformation could be appropriately controlled, the analytical method in conjunction with a semi-rigid theory could be effectively applied to obtain the desirably predicted value, considering that the appropriate solution could be derived through a simpler equation using a less difficult method compared to the existing yield model. It is concluded that analytical method with semi-rigid theory can be used in the behavior analysis of bolted connection because our developed method showed excellent analysis ability of behavior until number of bolt is two. Although our analytical method has the disadvantage that the number of bolt is limited to two, it is concluded that it has the advantage than numerical method which complicated and time-consuming.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권3A호
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• pp.513-521
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• 2006

최근에는 고장력볼트 마찰이음의 다양화에 대해서 실무적 관점에서부터 각종 실험적 연구가 실시되고 있지만, 이러한 연구 결과가 시방기준의 개정에 반영된 것은 거의 없는 실정이다. 특히 강교량에 있어서는 최근 합리화의 추진이 강하게 대두되고 있으며, 이에 따라 강교의 설계 및 시공상 가장 중요한 부분의 하나인 고장력볼트 이음부의 합리화의 필요성이 커지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 고장력볼트 이음부의 설계 및 시공의 합리화를 위한 방향을 제시하고, 설계기준으로의 반영을 위한 기초자료를 제시하기 위하여 고장력볼트 이음부에 관한 국내외의 설계기준을 비교, 검토하여 설계에서 가장 중요한 인자인 미끄러짐 계수, 그리고 볼트 구멍의 크기에 대한 규정을 분석하였다. 한편 과대공 및 축력감소의 영향을 평가하기 위하여 고장력볼트 연결부에 대한 미끄러짐 시험을 실시하여 미끄러짐 거동을 평가하였다. 또한 최근에 수행된 고장력볼트 마찰이음에 관한 연구결과를 토대로 접촉면의 상태에 따른 미끄러짐 계수의 차이, 과대공의 영향, 채움판의 적용, 모재 틈새간격의 영향, 방청볼트의 사용성 등을 평가하였다. 이로부터 미끄러짐 계수의 경우 국내의 시방기준에서는 접촉면의 처리상태에 따라 일률적으로 적용되고 있는데 비하여 외국의 시방기준에서는 접촉면의 처리상태에 따라 세분화하여 규정하고 있다. 따라서 국내의 시방기준에도 접촉면의 처리상태에 따라 미끄러짐 계수를 세분하여 규정하여 설계의 합리화를 추진할 필요가 있을 것으로 판단된다. 또한 외국의 시방기준에서 적용하는 정도의 과대공을 설계에 반영하면 시공의 효율성을 증대시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.