ANALYTICAL STUDY ON MECHANISM OF LOAD TRANSFER OF HIGH STRENGTH BOLTED STEEL REPAIR PLATES SUBJECTED TO TENSILE LOAD

Abstract

Two Kinds of splice plate of friction type connection using high tensile bolt are connecting plate and cover plate. High strength bolted cover plate is used for repair in order to recover load-carrying capacity of corrosion-damaged steel structures. However, the mechanism of load transfer of base plate and cover plate is not clarified. Therefore, in this study finite-element analysis of repaired connection model using high strength bolted cover plate subjected to tensile load was carried out in order to clarify this mechanism.