Abstract
High strength bolted L-stub joints are expected to be used in connections of members with box cross section, because of their good mechanical properties and appearance. However, they are not utilized for connecting these members of actual bridge structures due to lack of enough information of their mechanical behavior for design. The deformation of the tee flange/web plates of L-stub joints may considerably affect the mechanical properties of this type of joints such as the ultimate strength, the distribution of contact stress between the joint surfaces and so on. In this study, the effect of the thickness of the tee flange/web plates on the mechanical behavior of L-stub joints is discussed analytically.
