Experimental Study on High-cycle Fatigue Performance of Cold-rolled
Steel Sheet Connections Using Self-tapping Screws and Blind Rivets
Abstract
To provide more suggestions for the anti-fatigue design of cold-formed
steel, a series of high-cycle fatigue tests are carried out on
cold-rolled steel sheets connected by self-tapping screws and blind
rivets in this paper. Subsequently, fatigue failure mode, fatigue
strength, and fatigue damage are analyzed in detail. The test results
show that all the effective data points are below the S- N
curve of screws in the code. Meanwhile, the fatigue limit of the fitted
curves with 95% survival probability is between 0.3 and 0.67 times the
specification. Besides, the fatigue damage expansion rate of cold-rolled
steel sheets is less than the standard value. Through further
discussion, it is noticed that base metal grade has little influence on
the fatigue performance, and thickness has a significantly positive
influence on the shear resistance and fatigue performance. Moreover, the
fatigue performance of the two types of connections is similar.