نوع مقاله : علمی - پژوهشی
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
The failure of welded moment connections and the superior seismic performance of bolted moment connections in recent earthquakes have led to the increasing adoption of bolted connections in steel structures. The prying action in beam-to-column bolted moment connections can lead to brittle failure of connections. Conventional design methods mitigate this prying effect by using stiffeners or thicker endplates to reduce its influence. This study presents a method for determining the appropriate plate thickness and bolt diameter in a T-shaped bolted connection component by accounting for the prying effect. Furthermore, the moment connection design method outlined in the AISC code is extended to develop a new approach for designing four-bolt end plate connections that explicitly considers the prying action. A bolted moment beam-to-column connection has been designed using both the AISC prequalified moment connection design methodology and the proposed design approach. The performance of both connections is evaluated and compared using IDeaStatiCa software. The equivalent plastic strain of the designed connections, both with and without the application of prying force, is within the allowable limit. Incorporating the prying effect results in increased bolt diameter and decreased thickness of the beam-to-column endplate. This effect reduces contact pressure at the interface between the endplate and the column by approximately 23.57%. Additionally, in the analyzed connections, bolt tension and shear forces increase by approximately 25% and 45%, respectively.
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