MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND STRENGTH EVALUATION OF COMBINATION JOINTS USING RIVETS AND HIGH-STRENGTH BOLTS

Abstract

 In riveted bridges, generally, rivets deteriorated with loosening and corrosion are replaced with high-strength friction-type bolts. In this case, both riveted and bolted connections which have different load transfer mechanism coexist in the same joint, however, the mechanical behavior and limit states of the rivet-and-bolt combination joints have not been well investigated yet. In this study, in order to investigate the mechanical behavior and limit states of the combination joints using rivets and bolts, static tensile tests were performed on specimens with different arrangement of rivets and bolts. Moreover, finite element analysis was performed to investigate load transfer mechanism in the combination joints. Based on the experiment and analysis, the evaluation method for the strength of the combination joints was indicated.