• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.553-568
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• 2022

This paper explored the viability of utilising titanium alloy bolts in the construction industry through an experimental programme, where a total of sixty-six titanium alloy (Ti/6Al/4V) bolts were tested under axial tension, pure shear and combined tension and shear. In addition, a series of Charpy V-notch specimens machined from titanium alloy bolts, conventional high-strength steel bolts, austenitic and duplex stainless steel bolts were tested for impact toughness comparisons. The obtained experimental results demonstrated that the axial tensile and pure shear capacities of titanium alloy bolts can be reasonably estimated by the current design standards for steel structures (Eurocode 3, AS 4100 and AISC 360). However, under the combined tension and shear loading conditions, significant underestimation by Eurocode 3 and unsafe predictions through AS 4100 and AISC 360 indicate that proper modifications are necessary to facilitate the safe and economic use of titanium alloy bolts. In addition, numerical models were developed to calibrate the fracture parameters of the tested titanium alloy bolts. Furthermore, a design-based selection process of titanium alloy bolts in the structural applications was proposed, in which the ultimate strength, ductility performance and corrosion resistance (including galvanic corrosion) of titanium alloy bolts was mainly considered.

• 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.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.357-373
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• 2022

The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor pebble-bed module project is the first commercial Generation-IV NPP(Nuclear Power Plant) in China. A new joint is used for the vertical support of RPV(Reactor Pressure Vessel). The steel corbel is integrally embedded into the reactor-cabin wall through eight asymmetrically arranged pre-stressed high-strength bolts, achieving the different path transmission of shear force and moment. The vertical monotonic loading test of two specimens is conducted. The results show that the failure mode of the joint is bolt fracture. There is no prominent yield stage in the whole loading process. The stress of bolts is linearly distributed along the height of corbel at initial loading. As the load increases, the height of neutral axis of bolts gradually decreases. The upper and lower edges of the wall opening contact the corbel plate to restrict the rotation of the corbel. During the loading, the pre-stress of some bolts decreases. The increase of the pre-stress strength ratio of bolts has no noticeable effect on the structure stiffness, but it reduces the ultimate bearing capacity of the joint. A simplified calculation model for the elastic stage of the joint is established, and the estimation results are in good agreement with the experimental results.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.327-341
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• 2020

The use of high-strength steel and concrete in the construction industry has been gaining increasing attention over the past few decades. With it comes the need to utilise high-strength structural bolts to ensure the design load to be transferred safely through joint regions, where the space is limited due to the reduced structural dimensions. However, research on the behaviour of high-strength structural bolts under various loading combinations is still insufficient. Most of the current design specifications concerning high-strength structural bolts were established based on a very limited set of experimental results. Moreover, as experimental programs normally include limited design parameters for investigation, finite element analysis has become one of the effective methods to assist the understanding of the behaviour of structural components. An accurate and simple full-range stress-strain model for high-strength structural bolts under different loading combinations was therefore developed, where the effects of bolt fracture was included. The ultimate strength capacities of various structural bolts obtained from the present experimental program were compared with the existing design provisions. Furthermore, design recommendations concerning the pure shear and tension, as well as combined shear and tension resistance of Grade 10.9 high-strength structural bolts were provided.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.1259-1266
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• 2005

In a NATM tunnel, fully grouted bolts are widely used as part of supporting system. Grouted bolts play an important role not as to take some parts of load acting on a tunnel lining but as to reinforce the ground adjacent the tunnel. In conjunction with tunnel construction, the presence of groundwater may pose a number of difficulties. With respect to tunnel design, influences of groundwater on tunnel behavior have been considered in many aspects. However, the effect on grouted bolts has been rarely investigated. In this study, the behavior of grouted bolts, which are affected by the seepage forces, was examined. To investigate the effects of seepage forces, the theoretical solutions for a drained condition were also found. Based on the theoretical solutions, ground reaction curves considering seepage forces were obtained. By comparing the ground reaction curves supported by grouted bolts with those for the unsupported cases, the effect of reinforcement was evaluated. Finally, through comparison between supported ground reaction curves in the drained condition and those in the case of groundwater flow, it was found that the grouted bolts are more structurely beneficial when the seepage occurs towards the tunnel than when there is no groundwater flow.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권4A호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2009

실험을 통해 고장력 볼트의 릴렉세이션를 측정하였다. 종류와 표면 처리가 다른 볼트를 사용하여 체결길이가 서로 다른 블록형태와 겹침이음형태의 시험체를 조립하였다. 항온항습실에서 시간 경과에 따라 볼트에 도입된 축력을 변형률 게이지를 통하여 측정하였다. 볼트축력의 감소율은 모든 시험체에서 10% 미만으로 나타났다. 결합 형태, 볼트종류, 체결길이 그리고 볼트의 표면 처리가 서로 다른 여러 경우에 대해 실험결과를 이 연구에서 제안한 릴렉세이션 추정 모델을 이용하여 비교, 검토하였다. 제안한 모델은 여러 경우에 대한 실험 결과와 모두 합리적으로 잘 합치하고 있다. F13T와 F10T 볼트사이에 차이점을 발견할 수 없으나 다크로 볼트의 최종 체결력 감소율은 일반 볼트보다 30% 정도 높으며, 또한 전체적으로 볼트 체결길이가 짧아짐에 따라, 전단면의 수가 증가함에 따라 높아지는 경향을 보여주고 있다.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2022

국내의 앵커볼트 일반 비파괴 검사법은 육안검사와 타음검사를 적용하고 있으나, 육안검사는 기초에 포함된 부분이나 너트 및 베이스 플레이트가 설치된 부분에서 앵커볼트의 부식이나 피로균열 등을 확인하는 것이 어렵다. 타음검사는 주변 환경과 개인차에 의한 영향을 받기 때문에 객관적인 조사가 어려운 것이 현실이므로 이러한 결함을 정량적으로 추정할 수 있는 비파괴 검사 기술개발이 필요하다. 국내 도로시설물 앵커볼트의 점검은 육안조사를 수행하고 있으며, 교량받침, 낙교방지시설 등의 앵커볼트 중요도가 높으므로 기존 점검방법과 함께 비파괴검사 기술을 개발하여 앵커볼트의 예방정비를 통해 교량 수명연장에 기여할 필요가 있다. 본 기술 개발을 통해 현재 수행하고 있지 않은 앵커볼트의 비파괴검사를 수행함으로 도로시설물 앵커볼트의 선제적/능동적 유지관리가 가능한 기술로 연구개발 및 실용화가 시급하다. 본 논문에서는 비파괴 검사 기법 중 초음파탐상법(Ultrasonic test)을 적용하여 부식, 균열 등 앵커볼트의 결함 검출 가능성 및 실뢰도를 실험적으로 검증하였다. 기술 개발이 완성되면 검사 신뢰성 향상 원천기술 확보로 앵커볼트에 대한 선제적/능동적 유지관리의 실현이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2005년도 학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.349-355
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• 2005

The bolts used for the electronic parts of a car a is the important parts which carry out an electric and physical performance. At the time of storage, transportation and use, Corrosion occurs in bolts under the influence of environmental factor. During the period exported especially overseas the chemical corrosion by the chlorine ion contained in the atmosphere occurs frequency. Then, The failure mechanism over corrosion is investigated and we consider to the design procedure of a environmental examination. We are going to select the proper plating thickness of bolts through a salt spray test, for investigating the corrosion resistance of bolts.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2023

Recently, ultra-high strength bolts have been developed for weight lightening of a vehicle and fuel efficiency. However, some amount of diffusible H is absorbed into the bolt during its manufacturing process so that H embrittlement (HE) often occurs particularly in high strength bolts with a tempered martensitic microstructure. This brings attention to ultra-high strength pearlitic bolts with a high resistance to HE. Therefore, in this study the HE resistance of the 1.6 GPa grade pearlitic bolt was evaluated through tightening tests and slow strain rate tests (SSRTs), and fracture surfaces of failed bolts were comparatively observed. A critical H content for the tightening test turned out to be ~0.23-0.35 mass ppm. The bolt with a diffusible H content of ~0.35 mass ppm was fractured during the tightening test, showing a quasi-cleavage fracture surface, indicating the occurrence of HE. In addition, the bolt underwent premature elastic failure during the SSRT. This implies that the HE resistance of high strength bolts can be evaluated by both tightening test and SSRT.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.295-307
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• 2022

The objective of this research is to study experimentally the behavior of stiffened steel tubes (CFSTs). Considered parameters are stiffening methods by through-bolts or shear connectors with different configurations. In addition, the effect of global (ratio between length to diameter) and local (proportion between diameter to thickness) slenderness ratios are investigated. Load application either applied on steel only or both steel and concrete is studied as well. Case of loading on steel only happens when concrete inside the column shrinks. The purpose of the research is to improve the behavior of CFSTs by load transfer between them and different stiffening methods. A parametric experimental study that incorporates thirty-three specimens is carried out to highlight the impact of those parameters. Different outputs are recorded for every specimen such as load capacities, vertical deflections, longitudinal strains, and hoop strains. Two modes of failure occur, yielding and global buckling. Shear connectors and through-bolts improve the ultimate load by up to 5% for sections loaded at steel with different studied global slenderness and local slenderness equal 63.5. Meanwhile, shear connectors or through bolts increase the ultimate load by up to 6% for global slenderness up to 15.75 for sections loaded on composite with local slenderness equals 63.50. Recommendations for future design code development are outlined.