Corrosion is one of the most typical aging phenomena associated with long-term use of steel structures. Corrosion of high-tension bolted connections causes problems such as reduction of thickness of member and relaxation of axial force of high-tension bolt, thereby reducing load-carrying capacity of high-tension bolted connections. In this study, three specimens were subjected to natural corrosion in order to evaluate the residual load-carrying capacity of high-tension bolted connections where corrosion occurred. Two specimens were newly fabricated for comparison with the corroded specimens. In addition, the static bending test was performed to compare and investigate the behavior characteristics of the high-tension bolted connections and the final failure modes. The residual load-carrying capacity of the corroded high-tension bolted connections was evaluated.

A lot of cargo accidents occurred due to insufficient securing in the case of marine transportation. If the residual tension of securing rope can be predicted, it will be very useful in the handling of cargo securing work of operators. It was confirmed in the previous study that the fluctuation tension cf securing rope by oscillation could be predicted. In this paper, in order to the prediction of residual tension of securing rope, the experiments were carried out to measure the residual tension of securing rope under the oscillation and cyclic loadings. The residual tensions of two tests were in good agreement with each other. It can be predicted through the cyclic loading test in the estimated fluctuation tension without oscillation test by ship motion simulator.