BEHAVIOR OF BOLTED STEEL SLIP CRITICAL CONNECTIONS WITH FILLERS

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Sponsors: American Institute of Steel Construction

W&W Steel

October 15, 2007 to October 14, 2009

W&W Steel

FACULTY INVESTIGATOR

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Jerome F. Hajjar, CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 400 Snell Engineering Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000 USA; (617) 373-3242, (617) 373-4419 (fax), jf.hajjar@northeastern.edu.  Formerly: Professor and Narbey Khachaturian Faculty Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.

GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

Dan Borello, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mark Denavit, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Matthew Parkalop, Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mark Bingham , Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PROJECT SUMMARY

Sixteen experiments and corroborating analyses have been conducted to examine the response of bolted slip critical connections with thick fillers and oversized holes.

PUBLICATIONS

Denavit, M. D., Borello, D. J., and Hajjar, J. F. (2011).  “Behavior of Bolted Steel Slip-Critical Connections with Fillers.  II.  Behavior,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 67, No. 3, March, pp. 398-406. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2010.10.001)

Borello, D. J., Denavit, M. D., and Hajjar, J. F. (2011).  “Behavior of Bolted Steel Slip-Critical Connections with Fillers.  I.  Performance,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 67, No. 3, March, pp. 379-388. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2010.10.003)

RESOURCES

Participating Laboratories

Newmark Structural Engineering Laboratory , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

3,000,000 lb Testing Facility, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

Participating Departments

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

The 3,000,000 lb testing machine was directed by Professor James W. Phillips at the time of testing and is housed in Talbot Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering. The machine is operated by staff from the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

This project is supported in part by the American Institute of Steel Construction, W&W Steel, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.