Strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction

This study deals with strengthening of bolted shear joint in thin-walled ferrocement construction. Such a joint is attractive because it provides faster and neat means of assembling precast elements into a complete structure. Steel wires, bent into O-Shape and U-shape with or without extra straight...

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Main Author: Chiong, Chung Eng
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
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spelling my-utm-ep.59572018-10-14T07:19:41Z Strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction 2007-07 Chiong, Chung Eng TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This study deals with strengthening of bolted shear joint in thin-walled ferrocement construction. Such a joint is attractive because it provides faster and neat means of assembling precast elements into a complete structure. Steel wires, bent into O-Shape and U-shape with or without extra straight wire, are considered as simple inserts around the bolt hole to enhance the joint strength. The parameters investigated include the number of layers of wire mesh (or volume fraction of reinforcement), edge distance of bolt hole and the effectiveness of different types of the steel inserts. Test results have shown that for small edge distance, failure occurs either in cleavage or shearing mode, and the strength of the joint increases with an increase in the edge distance. This continues up to an upper limit set by either tension or bearing failure. For a given edge distance and details of connected members, the strength of a joint can be significantly enhanced by using steel insert, while U-insert is most cost-effective. Available equations for predicting the joint strength in ferrocement composites can be slightly modified to include the effects of these inserts with a good level of accuracy. Since the cleavage failure equation is quite conservative, removing it from consideration or modifying it to reflect test data can improve the accuracy of the predictions of joint strength. As an alternative, strut-and-tie model, herein can predict the joint strength in ferrocement composite as proposed. However it does not perform that well if steel insert is included in the ferrocement plate, as the process to determine volume fraction of reinforcement becomes more complex. 2007-07 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5957/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5957/1/ChiongChungEngMFKA2007.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:62147 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language English
topic TA Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
Chiong, Chung Eng
Strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction
description This study deals with strengthening of bolted shear joint in thin-walled ferrocement construction. Such a joint is attractive because it provides faster and neat means of assembling precast elements into a complete structure. Steel wires, bent into O-Shape and U-shape with or without extra straight wire, are considered as simple inserts around the bolt hole to enhance the joint strength. The parameters investigated include the number of layers of wire mesh (or volume fraction of reinforcement), edge distance of bolt hole and the effectiveness of different types of the steel inserts. Test results have shown that for small edge distance, failure occurs either in cleavage or shearing mode, and the strength of the joint increases with an increase in the edge distance. This continues up to an upper limit set by either tension or bearing failure. For a given edge distance and details of connected members, the strength of a joint can be significantly enhanced by using steel insert, while U-insert is most cost-effective. Available equations for predicting the joint strength in ferrocement composites can be slightly modified to include the effects of these inserts with a good level of accuracy. Since the cleavage failure equation is quite conservative, removing it from consideration or modifying it to reflect test data can improve the accuracy of the predictions of joint strength. As an alternative, strut-and-tie model, herein can predict the joint strength in ferrocement composite as proposed. However it does not perform that well if steel insert is included in the ferrocement plate, as the process to determine volume fraction of reinforcement becomes more complex.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Chiong, Chung Eng
author_facet Chiong, Chung Eng
author_sort Chiong, Chung Eng
title Strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction
title_short Strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction
title_full Strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction
title_fullStr Strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction
title_sort strengthening of bolted shear joint in ferrocement construction
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate 2007
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5957/1/ChiongChungEngMFKA2007.pdf
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