The Guidelines for Modelling the Preloading Bolts in the Structural Connection Using Finite Element Methods

Table 2

Comparison of numerical and test results.

	FEA		Test by Shi et al. [10]
	Loading capacity [kN]	Moment resistance [kNm]	Loading capacity [kN]	Moment resistance [kNm]
“Bolt load” case	256.89	308.28	256.9	308.3
“Initial stress” case	244.84	303.42