ON THE DESIGN OF BOLTED SPLICES FOR COMPOSITE PLATESHEAR WALLS/CONCRETE FILLED

This thesis presents the results of the study performed on the behavior of bolted splice

connections for Concrete Filled Composite Plate Shear Walls. As a part of an experimental

program, two large-scale specimens employing two different types of fasteners: (i) Hollo-Bolt

blind bolts, and (ii) threaded rods with pipe sleeves were designed, built, and tested at the Bowen

Laboratory. The specimens were subjected to monotonic loading to examine the behavior and

capacity of the proposed connection types. From the results obtained in the experiments it could

be suggested that the proposed connections are an effective method to connect C-PSW/CFs and

could be a valuable alternative to Complete Joint Penetration (CJP) welding.