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Experimental investigation of rotational behavior of pseudo-ductile adhesive angle joints exhibiting variable strain rate

Thomas Keller, Ghazaleh Eslami
2023
Journal paper
Abstract

Pseudo-ductile behavior in composite structural frames can be achieved by enabling their beam-column joints to exhibit nonlinear structural response due to progressive damage, by using pseudo-ductile adhesives. This study investigates the static behavior of a novel pseudo-ductile bonded-bolted angle joint with a bolt at the geometric centroid of the joint. A pseudo-ductile elastomer adhesive is used which is notably sensitive to the strain rate. The bolt ensures structural integrity and produces pure torsional moments in the adhesive planes. This configuration induces nonuniform strain rates in the adhesive layers in the radial direction, i.e., from the center outwards. The experimental results reveal that under the nonuniform shear strain distribution, the initial stiffness, yield rotation, and maximum torsion exhibit an increasing trend with strain rate, while maximum rotation decreases. An analytical model was developed using stress-strain relations obtained from single-lap joints with uniform stress distribution to predict the angle joint responses. The analytical model overestimates the initial joint stiffness due to the nonuniform stress distribution but shows good agreement for strength and post-yield behavior. Lastly, the angle joint exhibits the lowest ductility ratios compared to linear lap joints, showing that the pseudo-ductile adhesive capacity may not be fully utilized in the angle configuration.

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