The bolt was actually part of a shorting assembly, so I do not believe that fatigue was an issue (high cycle or low cycle as there was no evidence of repeated yielding).
The connection was overloaded, however no other bolts in the connection failed, all of which should have had a lower strengths.
ztengguy, I also found the material properties, but the only TY bolt company I was able to find is just a distributor (TY BOLTS INCORPORATED, Austell GA). I was hoping someone might know of something more specific, as the the failure was brittle, and the bolt should have had higher strength than...
I am trying to identify the material of a failed bolt on from a project I'm working on. The construction drawings do not call out any bolts of this type. The bolt is 0.935" diameter, and has the marking TY 10 S on the head. I appreciate any help anyone can provide.
We are designing a restrained tied back wall where the footing is exposed, i.e. no toe active pressure to resist sliding. This design is temporary, while repair work is being done to the surrounding structure (including replacing an exisitng base slab that is currently restraining sliding of the...
