Analysis of Stiffness of Clamped Joints versus Bolted Joints in Steel Structures by Means of Accelerometers and Shaking Table Tests

This work analyzes the difference in stiffness in a steel laboratory structure using clamped joints or bolted joints and analyzes if the stiffness varies in the same way when the frame is subjected to external dynamic loads that bring the joint materials to their yield strength. To make this compari...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-07, Vol.21 (14), p.4778
Main Authors: Cabaleiro, Manuel, Moutinho, Carlos, González-Gaya, Cristina, Caetano, Elsa, Rosales-Prieto, Victor Fco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerometers
Bolted joints
clamped and bolted joints
damage detection
dynamic analysis
Dynamic loads
Industrial plants
Laboratories
Manufacturing
MEM accelerometers
Resonant frequencies
Shake table tests
shaking table tests
Stiffness
structural SHM
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Summary:This work analyzes the difference in stiffness in a steel laboratory structure using clamped joints or bolted joints and analyzes if the stiffness varies in the same way when the frame is subjected to external dynamic loads that bring the joint materials to their yield strength. To make this comparison, the differences between clamp joint and bolted joint were evaluated using a novel methodology based on the analysis of the structure’s natural frequencies from accelerometers. To perform this comparison, several laboratory tests were carried out on a frame made by clamped joints and the same frame made by bolted joints, using a set of tests on a medium-scale shake table for this purpose. The results achieved have verified the methodology used as adequate.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s21144778