Abstract
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The writers thank the discusser for the interest in the original paper
and for the discussion, which provides the opportunity to clarify
and reiterate a few points made in the original paper.
The writers agree with the discusser that the behavior of bolted
connections is not as simple as they appear to be to the casual
observer, which is one reason why many structural collapses have
been associated with connection failures. Furthermore, a substantial
number of code equations for various ultimate limit states of
bolted connections lead to considerable errors on either side of conservatism
(Teh and Clements 2012; Teh and Gilbert 2012; Teh and
Yazici 2013a).