Resin and steel-reinforced resin used as injection materials in bolted connections

Book chapter (2020)

Authors

H. Xin Steel & Composite Structures - CEG
M.P. Nijgh Steel & Composite Structures - CEG
M. Veljkovic Steel & Composite Structures - CEG
Research Group
Steel & Composite Structures (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2020 H. Xin, M.P. Nijgh, M. Veljkovic
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818961-0.00023-5
Bolted connections Computational homogenization methods Drucker-Prager plastic model Injection materials
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Engineering Structures

Research Group

Steel & Composite Structures

Abstract

Injection bolts are bolts in which the cavity produced by the clearance between the bolt and the wall of the hole is completely filled up with a two-component resin. Filling of the clearance is carried out through a small hole in the head of the bolt. After injection and complete curing, the connection is slip resistant. Recently the injection material, typically an epoxy resin, was modified at TU Delft by adding steel shots (spherical particles) to mitigate the effects of resin compliance in the shear connection of reusable composite (steel-concrete) structures. Experimental compressive material tests on unconfined/confined resin and steel-reinforced resin are evaluated in this chapter. The uniaxial model which combines damage mechanics and the Ramberg-Osgood relationship is proposed to describe the uniaxial compressive behavior of resin and steel-reinforced resin. First-order numerical homogenization is employed as a high-fidelity model, where a combined nonlinear isotropic/kinematic cyclic hardening model is employed to define the steel plasticity, the linear Drucker-Prager plastic criterion was used to simulate resin damage, and the cohesive surfaces reflecting the relationship between traction and displacement at the interface. The linear Drucker-Prager plastic model is used as a low-fidelity model.