The performance of a new blind bolt for moment-resisting connections.

Tizani, Walid; Ridley-Ellis, Daniel

Abstract

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.

• Conference Name: 10th International Symposium Tubular Structures X
• Start Date: Sep 18, 2003
• End Date: Sep 20, 2003
• Publication Date: 2003-09
• Deposit Date: May 27, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 27, 2015
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 395-401
• Book Title: Tubular Structures X: Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium, Madrid, Spain, 18-20 September 2003
• ISBN: 9789058095527
• Keywords: Blind-bolt; Lindapter-Hollobolt; Rectangular Hollow Sections; tensile strength; axial stiffness
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8242
• Contract Date: May 27, 2015