Experimental study of ferritic stainless steel bolted T-stubs under monotonic loading

A comprehensive experimental study on the structural behaviour of stainless steel T-stubs in Grade EN 1.4003 ferritic and employing A4–80 bolts is reported this paper. total 17 various geometric configurations including both single double bolt rows were tested under monotonic tension. The focus tests was failing predominantly mode 1. Auxiliary tensile performed coupons extracted from T-stub flanges three directions thereby enabling material anisotropy to be quantified. ultimate resistance, plastic deformation capacity failure each obtained are herein. results utilised assess accuracy existing design rules, which, contrary austenitic duplex steels, seem offer a good prediction experimentally determined resistance. Finally, applicability recently proposed predictive equations accounting for membrane actions carbon has also been assessed.