Question on Slip Critical connections.
Question on Slip Critical connections.
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I’m working on a bolted slip critical connection (using ASD 9th). I think I am following the procedure, but one thing eludes me: as far as I can tell, there doesn’t seem to be a provision in the code for pinching, wrinkling, tearing (or whatever you want to call it) stresses in the plate from the bolt bearing against it when it is pretensioned. You’d think there would be something. A foreign code I read addressed this by requiring the minimum thickness of the plate to be a (minimum) of one half the bolt diameter. Thoughts?






RE: Question on Slip Critical connections.
If there is a chance of buckling/ wrinkling then the bolt probably wouldnt reach full pretension anyway.
RE: Question on Slip Critical connections.
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RE: Question on Slip Critical connections.
RE: Question on Slip Critical connections.
RE: Question on Slip Critical connections.
RE: Question on Slip Critical connections.
I would recommend you check www.boltcouncil.org. You can download for free the RCSC specification and the Guide Design Criteria for bolted and Riveted Joints. Those two documents have almost always provided the answers I was looking for.