INVESTIGATION OF MINOR AXIS AND 3D BOLTED END-PLATE CONNECTIONS - EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS - LOAD TESTS

Abstract

Minor axis and 3D connections are widely used in the practice, still the behaviour and calculation process of these types of joints are not clearly described in the codes. The behaviour of a joint can be determined through numerical, experimental and analytical method. This study introduces numerical and experimental investigations of minor axis and 3D joints and provides proposal for the extension of the component method of the Eurocode 3.