Testing and design of stainless steel staggered bolted connections

• Main Authors: dos Santos, João de J., Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou, de Andrade, Sebastião A. L., de Lima, Luciano R. O., Gardner, Leroy, Vellasco, Pedro C. G. da S.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Continuous Strength Method; Gross Section Yielding
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159829
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The present paper reports a thorough experimental investigation into the net section failure behaviour and capacity of stainless steel staggered bolted connections in tension. The testing programme was carried out on 31 stainless steel staggered bolted connection specimens, with 18 made of austeniti...