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Cindy Kumalasari, Yongcong Ding, and Murty K.S. Madugula
Both the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) Handbook of Steel Construction and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Manual of Steel Construction discuss prying action in tee-type and angle-type connections subjected to tensile force, but no guidance is provided for determining the prying force in bolted steel circular flange connections. However, such connections are very common in leg members of guyed lattice communication towers. To determine the magnitude of the prying forces in such connections, an experimental investigation was conducted on
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bolt pitch, bolted connections, circular flange, prying action, tensile force.
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