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Jul 2026
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Structural Engineering
Government College of Engineering, Karad
Structural Engineering
Government College of Engineering, Karad
Structural Engineering
Government College of Engineering, Karad
Bolted precast beam-column connections allow quick assembly, reduced wet work, disassembly for replacement, and component-level replacement after earthquakes. The response is governed by interacting response mechanisms not found in monolithic connections: bolt loss, bearing and slip, end-plate bending, local compression, interface opening and closing, bond-slip, and cyclic stiffness degradation. A systematic review of the literature published between 2018-7/2026 identified 22 eligible studies grouped into direct-bolted dry connections, hybrid steel-concrete connections, emulative/high-performance material joints, and self-centering/replaceable systems. The review compares modeling approaches in terms of dimensional idealization, constitutive laws for contact/friction and bolts, loading scenarios, and calibration targets. When properly formulated, bolted and hybrid connections can often match or surpass the response of cast-in-place counterparts, but common challenges include pinching, interface and bolt-hole slip, stress concentrations, and tolerance control. Three-dimensional analysis with concrete-damage-plasticity, explicit contact, and realistic bolt representation reproduces the observed hysteresis best. Full-scale testing data is limited, with few publications reporting pretension/friction or validation under varying axial loads, while uncertainty quantification is generally underdeveloped. An evaluation framework and reporting guidelines are proposed.
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This review analyzed the seismic performance and finite element modeling of 22 studies on bolted precast concrete beam-column joints, including dry connections, hybrid steel-concrete specimens, joints using emulative high-performance materials, and self-centering/replaceable mechanisms. Bolted and hybrid joints can be designed to exhibit very similar seismic performance to traditional cast-in-place joints if the column and joint core are actively protected, and the inelastic response is localized in the beam end or discrete steel or composite links, plates, or shear couplers. A poor setup, by contrast, leads to undesirable slip, tension loss, plate buckling, delamination, or damage migration into the joint core or nonreplaceable column. Three-dimensional finite element analysis with realistic concrete cracking/crushing, cyclic steel response, anchorage, contact slippage/friction, and bolt pretension is the preferred approach to assess the local connection mechanics, calibrated on full-scale tests measuring strength, stiffness, energy, and damage patterns. A desirable future direction is establishing standardized large-scale cyclic and shaking table tests, combined with direct measurements of tension loss, interfacial friction, and clearances, as well as probabilistic uncertainty quantification, aided by a shared open-access benchmark database, to enable blind predictive modeling and advanced calibration techniques.
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7/31/2026
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