Thursday, February 21, 2008

J-bolts or headed studs

Joe:

 

You may want to consider using headed studs rather than J-bolts due to the eccentricities during tension loading that the j-bolts set up.  I believe SEAOC has published research illustrating this concern.  Our office no longer uses J-bolts for this reason.

 

Respectfully:

 

Bob Freeman AIA, EIT

IDS Group, Inc.