Short anchor bolts 1

[ChriChri81]

What about elongation of short anchor bolts for a skirt of a column? can i cut them & weld again to meke them longer?
Have you any experience about this topic? thank you in advance.

 

[vesselguy]

It is NOT recommended you try to weld together studs. Studs are cold or hot drawn rods, threaded and heat treated. If I'm the owner and you propose this to me, I will ask you to show me and guarentee the welded stud will have the same or better mechanical properties as a new one. Can you do that?

However, I have heard of mechanical stud connector to join two studs together by their threads.

 

[doct9960]

ChriChri81,

AISC has topic on your query...

http://www.aisc.org/Template.cfm?Se...omSource/FAQContentDisplay.cfm&FAQID=985&TA=1

Also have a look at these old forum discussions...

thread507-3571

thread725-165776