The clamping of torque shear high strength bolt is induced when the pin-tail is broken. However the tension forces induced shank of the bolt do not be known by now. This study focused to develop a quantitative method to identify the induced tension by analyzing the electric energy of which electric torque wrench (rpm 20) was applied to high strength bolt at the break of pin tail. Based on this co-relation between tension and accumulated current, the regressive analysis was derived. The error rate between tension and accumulated current was 5.06%.

The clamping of torque shear high strength bolt is induced when the pin-tail is broken. However the tension forces induced shank of the bolt do not be known by now. This study focused to develop a quantitative method to identify the induced tension by analyzing the electric energy of which electric torque wrench was applied to high strength bolt at the break of pin tail. Based on this co-relation between tension and accumulated current, the regressive analysis was derived. The error rate between tension and accumulated current was 2.24%.

The torque shear high strength bolt is clamped normally at the break of pin-tail specified. However, the clamping forces on slip critical connections do not often meet the required tension, as it considerably fluctuates due to torque coefficient dependent on lubricant affected temperature. In this study, the clamping tests of torque shear bolts were conducted independently at indoor conditions and at construction site conditions. During last six years, temperature of candidated site conditions was recorded from -11℃ to 34℃. The indoor temperature condition was ranged from -1 0℃ to 50℃ at each 10℃ interval. As for site conditions, the clamping force was reached in the range from 159 to 210 kN and the torque value was from 405 to 556 Nㆍm. The range of torque coefficient at indoor conditions was analyzed from 0.126 to 0.158 while tensions were indicated from 179 to 192 kN. The torque coefficient at site conditions was ranged from 0.118 to 0.152. Based on this test, the variable trends of torque coefficient, tension subjected temperature can be taken by statistic regressive analysis. The variable of torque coefficient under the indoor conditions is 0.13%/℃ while it reaches 2.73%/℃ at actual site conditions. When the indoor trends and site conditions is combined, the modified variable of torque coefficient can be expected as 0.2% /℃. and the modified variable of tension can be determined as 0.18%/℃.

The clamping of torque shear high strength bolt is induced when the pin-tail is broken. Sometimes the clamping forces on slip critical connections do not meet the required tension due to torque coefficient dependent on conditions such as outdoor temperature, moisture and dust. From this study, the clamping forces of torque shear bolts at indoor conditions were compared with actual data investigated from 24 construction sites last five years. Similarly to foreign literature results, torque shear bolts showed that torque coefficients were fluctuated greatly by temperature conditions. The range of torque coefficient at indoor conditions was analyzed from 0.126 to 0.158 while tensions were indicated from 179 to 192 Nㆍm. Instead, the range of torque coefficient at site conditions was analyzed from 0.118 to 0.152. Based on this test, the variable trends of torque coefficient subjected temperature can be traced via statistic regressive analysis. In case of indoor conditions, it was showed that the variable of torque coefficient was 0.13% per 1℃, while the variable at actual site conditions reached 2.73% per 1℃.

Torque control method and turn of nut method are specified as clamping method of high strength bolts in the steel construction specifications. Quality control of torque coefficient is essential activity because torque control method, which is presently adopted as clamping method in domestic construction sites, is affected by variation of torque coefficient. The clamping of torque shear bolt is based on KS B 2819. It was misunderstood that the tension force of the TS bolt was induced generally at the break of pin-tail specified. However, the clamping forces on slip critical connections do not often meet the intended tension, as it considerably varies due to torque coefficient dependent on the environmental factors and temperature variables despite the break of the pin tail.This study was focused to evaluate the effect of environmental factors and errors of installing bolts during tightening high strength bolts. The environmental parameters were composed of 'wet' condition, 'rust' condition, 'only exposure to air' condition. And the manufacture of trial product was planned to identify the induced force into the bolts. The algorithm for a trial product was composed of the relation between electricity energy taken from torque shear wrench and tension force from hydraulic tension meter.

Torque control method and turn of nut method are specified as clamping method of high strength bolts in the steel construction specifications. Quality control of torque coefficient is essential activity because torque control method, which is presently adopted as clamping method in domestic construction sites, is affected by variation of torque coefficient. This study was focused to evaluate the effect of environmental factors and errors of installing bolts during tightening high strength bolts. The environmental parameters were composed of 'wet' condition, 'rust' condition, 'only exposure to air' condition.

고력볼트의 초기 체결력은 미끄럼표면조건에 따라, 일정시간이 경과될 때까지, 축력저하가 발생한다. 이 연구는 미 끄럼접합부 표면에 도장이 되어있는 경우, 도장의 크리프현상에 따른 축력저하에 관한 예측 모델을 찾는 것이다. 이 실험연구 범위는 무기질 아연 프라이머로 도포된 볼트접합부의 장기축력저하에 한정한다. 실험에 적용된 볼트종 류는 다크로 도포된 토크쉬어 볼트이다. 대상 표면의 도막 두께는 각각 96, 168, 226㎛ 이었다. 도막두께가 증가될 수록, 초기 체결이후 축력이완율은 도막의 크리프 때문에 10%에서 18%로 증가되었다. 장기축력예측을 위한 정량적 인 모델은 도막두께에 따른 크리프 스트레인과 경과된 시간사이에 회귀분석 결과로 얻어진다. 이 실험연구를 통해 미끄럼표면 도막의 크리프 거동특성을 알 수 있다면, 일정시간 경과후 고력볼트 체결력은 초기 체결력으로부터 구 할 수 있다. 본 실험결과를 근거로 각 도막두께에 대한 장기축력이완이후의 고력볼트 체결력에 관한 정량적인 수식 을 제안하였다.

고력볼트 길이-직경비가 5d 이상인 경우, 시험을 통한 결과를 활용하여 현장에서 볼트 체결을 하도록 권고하고 있을뿐 길이-직경비에 따른 별도의 규정 및 지침은 없다. 국내에서는 고력볼트 체결법으로 너트회전법이 아닌 토크관리법이 적용하고 있고 최근에는 KS B 2819의 ‘구조물용 토크-전단형 고장력 볼트’(이하, TS 고력볼트)가 주로 사용되고 있기 때문에 길이 인자에 따른 규정이 국외 기준에 비해 미비한 것이 현실이다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 TS 고력볼트의 길이인자에 따른 적정 축력 도입을 위한 소요 너트회전각 및 토크를 분석하여 길이변수에 따른 특성을 평가하고자 한다. 실험결과의 분석에서는 통계분석 프로그램 Minitab을 활용하여 길이변수에 대한 유효성을 정량적으로 분석했다.

고력볼트의 현장 조립시 볼트 구멍 간의 불일치로 인하여 볼트 구멍을 확장하는 경우가 빈번하게 발생하고 있으며, 이를 위해서 외국 기준에서는 볼트 구멍 크기, 형태, 하중 방향에 따라 미끄럼하중에 대한 규정을 따로 두고 있다. 그러나 우리나라의 경우 과대구멍에 대한 시방규정이나 이에 대한 접합부 특성에 관한 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서, 접합부재 표면처리와 볼트구멍 크기의 변화가 접합부 내력에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 지를 실험을 통해 정량적으로 평가할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 볼트 구멍 크기 및 형태에 따른 접합부의 미끄럼하중의 변화와 체결 후, 장기축력이완의 경향을 분석하기 위하여 160시간 및 800시간 동안 고력볼트의 축력의 변화를 측정하였다. 본 실험대상 고력볼트로 KS B 2819에 규정된 TS(Torque Shear)형 고력볼트를 사용하였다. 표준 볼트구멍 대비 그 외 볼트구멍의 미끄럼하중의 변화는 10% 미만으로 나타났으며, 장기축력이완은 직경 2.5배의 슬롯구멍에서, 2.66%로 가장 높게 나타났다.