Research on shear resistance of the steel sheeting plates with thickness from 0,50 to 1,50 mm connected by self-drilling screws is undertaken and presented in this paper. One screw type with one diameter has been used. This kind of the single lap fastening is commonly used in a steel sheeting. Experimental and theoretical data about a connections slip and shear stiffness is a one of most important issue in case of a stressed skin diaphragm action problems. At the present practice the linear model of connections is effectively used however for more advanced analyses, the nonlinear models have to be taken into consideration. These are necessary in case of the advanced design and implementation of the stressed skin action in the steel structures covered by the corrugated metal sheeting. Such a model study is presented herein which intend to investigate the general connection behaviour where the main selected variable is the plate thickness. The test are performed according to the current standards EN 1990 and ECCS handbooks. It leads to a statistical evaluation of proposed functions for the design slip of fasteners and its limits. The theoretical basis of experimental tests under the shear load is presented.

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In this paper, the results of a research on thin-plate single-lap connections are presented. Such type of connections is popular in steel roofs made of trapezoidal plates and other thin-walled elements. In case of a building safety it is necessary to ensure that materials with proper durability and ductility are used. Connections are one of the most important components in such structures, particularly when in-plane strength of a roof is taken into account. So far, in many existing regulations, only general calculations of such connections are conducted. However recently, discrete and computational methods can be used to build new, expanded mathematical design models, such as those presented here. Such models could be useful in an advanced design where a static analysis is combined with the safety assessment of the connections in a structural system. This is difficult when sheeting is utilized as a structural in-plane shear diaphragm. These require to take into consideration the important interactions of structure with covering and covering with another covering elements. The research is an effect of authors works on practical design approaches. Such methods can be effectively used for structural designs of buildings where the stressed skin diaphragm action is involved. Finally, practical input values about connections can be acquired from the presented data.

Handmade sketches of different shapes roof structures, often with openings, are outlined on plain sheet of paper. Then, they are transformed by a 2D mesh generation and applied to FEM calculations. Algorithm where only main coordinates of nodes are used as user input data is studied by the Authors. Shape of the surface, its curvature and openings are detected through the procedures developed in the C++ programming language. A particular emphasis is put to the automation of the process. At a present version the method is used for rectangular shapes, which are quite common in civil engineering structures e.g. building elevations. Detection and processing algorithms are implemented with a usage of a library based on a open code called OpenCV. The computer software is described in this paper and some examples are given

The paper continues the past research on the screwed thin-plate single-lap connections undertaken by the author. This re-search was focused on stressed skin diaphragm action, where it is essential to know values of connections behavior. Until now, initial stiffness is used for common engineering estimations. The main aim of this paper is to compare the experimental results of the shear tests conducted on the connections with the theoretical predictions of their initial behavior obtained from the FEM models. The experiments followed the Eurocode rules for design aided by testing and the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) recommendations. FEM parametric models are introduced as a consideration to use, taking into account screw threads and EPDM washers. In the technical literature, various techniques are described for the modelling of threaded connections. A modification to a known solution is applied in this analysis where a spiral thread is substituted by simple horizontal rings; this simplification allows use of symmetry in a static system, which is particularly desirable for large models such as those prepared in this paper. In contrast to the mentioned known solutions, the thread mod-el presented here has a triangular cross-section related to the geometry used in real screws. The numerical results correspond reasonably well to the test’s early stage measurements from the lab experiments and can be useful for initial stiffness examination (e.g. where no data is provided for a particular connector by a producer) or as a base to further research on the model.