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  Tensile Stiffness of MERO-Type Connector Regarding Bolt Tightness
 
 
Title: Tensile Stiffness of MERO-Type Connector Regarding Bolt Tightness
Author: M. Ghasemi
M.R. Davoodi
S.A. Mostafavian
Appeared in: Journal of applied sciences
Paging: Volume 10 (2010) nr. 9 pages 724-730
Year: 2010
Contents: In order to take into account the connector effects in structural analysis, their behavior under applied load should be predicted. In double layer grids that are an important family of space structures, the main internal forces are axial forces and bending effect is secondary. In the present research, to determine force-displacement relationship of MERO jointing system, some tensile tests were carried out on a connector of this type with different degrees of bolt tightness. The obtained force-displacement relationship was used in the analysis of a double layer grid which its experimental response was available. The experimental results show that the degree of bolt tightness has significant effect on the connector behavior. Also, results obtained from analysis with connector consideration, give better approximation of actual response of the grid in comparison with the analysis regardless of connector effect consideration.
Publisher: Asian Network for Scientific Information (provided by DOAJ)
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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