Abstract
The T-stub bolted to Circular Steel Tube strengthened by Reverse-Channel using Thread-fixed One-side Bolts (TOBs) under tension was studied in this paper. Through welding a reverse channel, the regular bolted flat endplate connection could be employed for the steel beam to circular steel tube column. At the same time, the reverse channel also strengthens the tube wall and extends the hole thread length. Four TOBs bolted T-stub to Circular Steel Tube strengthened by Reverse-Channel (CST-RC) specimens were designed and tested under tension. Critical parameters were determined as the outer diameter of the steel tube, the tube wall thickness, and the bolt gauge distance. Test results revealed three typical failure modes: complete yielding of the whale tube wall, thread shear failure, and complete yielding of the whole tube wall with the thread failure. As well as the tube wall thickness could effectively increase the load-bearing capacity of the connection, a larger bolt gauge distance could reduce the connection deformation. Finite Element Models (FEM) were developed to analyze the load carrying mechanism of TOBs bolted T-stubs to CST-RC. The connection deformation contour, the yield line patterns of tube wall, and the stress distribution on the threads were presented. The behavior of TOBs bolted T-stubs to CST-RC was compared to that of TOBs bolted T-stubs to Circular Steel Tube (CST), and that of TOBs bolted T-stubs to Square Steel Tube (SST). It was found that the reverse channel effectively reduces the circular tube wall deformation and increases connection load-bearing capacity.
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