Effect of Bolt-Hole Clearance on Bolted Connection Behavior for Pultruded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Structural Plastic Members

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2017/8745405/figures/8745405.fig.001a.svgz" name="8745405.fig.001a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Net-tension failure</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2017/8745405/figures/8745405.fig.001b.svgz" name="8745405.fig.001b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Cleavage-tension failure</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2017/8745405/figures/8745405.fig.001c.svgz" name="8745405.fig.001c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Bearing failure</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2017/8745405/figures/8745405.fig.001d.svgz" name="8745405.fig.001d" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(d) </b>Shear-out failure</td></tr></table>

<div>Typical failure modes of bolted connections.</div>

International Journal of Polymer Science

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Figure 1: Effect of Bolt-Hole Clearance on Bolted Connection Behavior for Pultruded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Structural Plastic Members 