S-BT Threaded Fastener Specification

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Specifications page69
S-BT Screw-in threaded studs
5.6 Resistance of S-BT fastenings under dynamic tensile
loading
ReportNo.XSEhac-01-15_06;HiltiAG;Schaan2015
General comments
Thetestswereperformedtoinvestigatetheeffectofrepeatedtensileloadson
theanchorageoftheS-BTfastenings.Therefore,WöhlerchartsforS-BTfastenings
havebeenevaluatedinviewoftheresistanceofvibrationsinaxialdirection
(repeatedtensileloads).
Test concept
TheS-BTfastenersweresubjectedtoaharmonicpulsatingtensileloading.
Theminimalloadoftheharmonicloadingwas0.2kNinalltests.Testswere
performedat4differentloadlevels.Theappliedmaximalloadswere1.8,3.6,4.5
and5.4kN.Testswerestoppedifnofailureoccurredwithin10millionloadcycles.
Asatestingfrequency50Hzwerechosen.
Thetestswereperformedontheupperapplicationlimitforthebasematerial
strength(EuropeanGradeS355withanultimatetensilestrengthf
u
=630MPa)in
combinationwithaminimumthreadintersectionof0.2mm.
Minimumthreadintersectionisdenedasthelowesttoleranceeldofthestud
threadengagementwiththebasematerial,ref.togureinsection0.
Test results
TestresultsoffatiguetestswithS-BTfasteners(1.4462)loadedwithharmonic
pulsatingtensileloads
TheintendedmaximumrecommendedtensileloadofS-BTfastenersinsteelS355
amountsto2.3kN(σ
max
=147N/mm
2
).Therefore,testswereperformedaround
thisloadtoassessthefatigueresistanceunderserviceloadconditions.Atlevel1
allsamplespassedtheloadlevelof1.8kN.Atthesecondlevel4outof5samples
passedtheloadlevelof3.6kN.
Consequently,highermaximalloadswereappliedtoincreasetheprobabilityof
failure.Atlevel3and4themajorityofthesamplesfailed.
InallteststhegoverningfailuremodewasfatiguefractureoftheS-BTstudorpull
outfromthebasematerial.
Principlesketchofcyclictensiontests
Base material
S-BT fastener
fatigue
loading
F
t
F
F
max
t
F
tension
F
min
0t
σ
max
σ
A
∆σ
σ
min
σ
mean