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The performance of a new blind bolt for moment-resisting connections.
  The paper introduces the principal findings of a testing programme carried out to assess the performance of a newly developed blind-bolt. The blind-bolt, an evolution of the Lindapter-Hollobolt, is in-tended for use when making moment-resisting connections to Rectangular Hollow Sections. To date, the testing programme has concentrated on ascertaining the tensile strength and axial stiffness of the bolt, with tests subjecting the blind-bolt to a predominantly tensile load in a representation of the tensile region of such a connection. The results of the initial tests have shown the new blind-bolt to possess sufficient stiffness to classify the connection as moment-resisting but a lower tensile strength than standard bolts. However, the addition of a concrete infill to the tube in later tests has resulted in a tensile strength equivalent to standard bolts together with axial stiffness sufficient to classify the connection as rigid.

  • Date:

    01 September 2003

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis

  • Library of Congress:

    TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    624 Civil engineering

Citation

Tizani, W., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2003). The performance of a new blind bolt for moment-resisting connections. In M. A. Jaurrieta, A. Alonso, & J. A. Chica (Eds.), Tubular Structures X: Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium, Madrid, Spain, 18-20 September 2003, 395-401

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Keywords

Blind-bolt; Lindapter-Hollobolt; Rectangular Hollow Sections; tensile strength; axial stiffness;

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