Authors : Weiting Hsu, Kailing Weng and ZongRu Guo
Abstract: Bolted connections have been widely used for steel construction. Horizontal and vertical eccentric loading on different geometries bolted connections with angles are varying from any degrees. Using instantaneous center of rotation method to analysis the eccentrically loaded for bolted connections is more accurate and realistic but it involves complex and repetitive operations. Elastic method is simpler and more convenient, generally used instead of the instantaneous center of rotation method. The effect of bolted connection strength is not the same on horizontal eccentricity and vertical eccentric load distance which the strength effect is dependent on the angle of the eccentric load. This study analyzes the design strength of bolts using two methods which shows that the use of elastic methods to analyze bolt strength will underestimate nearing 30% this approach is less economical and not recommended. This study for the bolt connections strength of a certain understanding and awareness, expect the future for the safety of steel structure contribute.
Weiting Hsu, Kailing Weng and ZongRu Guo, 2017. Horizontal and Vertical Eccentrically Load on the Bolt Connections Analysis. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 8770-8773.