Thanks for the help!
From my understanding, the bolts need to be pre tensioned if there is stress reversal of stress, how does the stress reversal relate to the need for pre tensioing of the bolts?
Also, how did AISC obtain the magnitude of this pre tension force?
I am designing a lifting padeye for a jacket. The main plate thickness comes up to about 100mm and the cheek plate is about 50mm. I specified through thickness property for both the main plate and cheek plate. My client wants to know why through thickness property is required for the plates...
I am desiging a bolting system that is subjected to waves loads. I specified a pretension force of 21 kips on a 1 inch diameter bolt with locknuts
However, AISC specification for structural steel buildings - allowable stress design and plastic design, Table J3.7 says that the bolts need to be...
