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.

In this study, tensile and axial buckling strength of corroded steel plates was evaluated based on the axially loading tests of corroded specimens, which were cut off at a temporary steel structures. The tensile and axial buckling strength of corroded specimens and non-corroded specimens could be evaluated identically by using effective thickness, which is equal to average thickness minus standard deviation of residual thickness.